” she asked.
Gerald considered lying and saw no reason to.
“Yes,” he said.
“When?”
“The day the second letter came. The day Patricia found page thirty-one. The morning in court. The afternoon after, when I realized your grandma Dorothy wasn’t there to hear the judge say it.”
Ellie’s eyes softened. “I’m sorry.”
He nodded toward the tree. “Fear’s not the continue reading …
