for me, it was not because they missed their mother.
It was because they had checked on the fortune and discovered that the accounts were empty.
The lake property was no longer waiting for them.
And the house they had assumed would eventually become theirs had already moved beyond their reach.
Laura called first, her voice sharp and breathless.
“Mom, where are you?”
Michael called seven minutes later.
“What did you do?”
Fiona left a message at 3:42 p.m. that almost sounded like crying until she said,
“You
