I shook my head, then reached for her hand.
“I am still going to ask you why you didn’t tell me sooner.”
“You should.”
“And I might be annoyed about that for a while.”
“You’re allowed to be.”
She didn’t try to defend herself, and that helped more than any explanation could have.
After a moment, I asked the question I had been avoiding.
“Do you think my grandfather would have wanted this?”
Claire looked at the suit.
“I think he would have wanted his brother back.”
That answer stayed
