I shook my head. “Why are you over here, Mr. Duncan? If you don’t think I need the help
and you’re not feeling bad about the eggs, then why would you do this?”
“Honestly?” I just looked at him, straight in the eye.
He nodded, then said, “Because you remind me of my wife.”
“Your wife?” “That’s right.” He gave me a little smile and said, “Renée would’ve sat up in that tree with you.
She would’ve sat there all night.” And with those two sentences, my anger vanished.
“Really?” “Absolutely.” “She’s… she died?” He nodded.
“And I miss her terribly.” He tossed a branch into the heap and chuckled.
“There’s nothing like a head-strong woman to make you happy to be alive.”
The last thing in the world I expected was to become friends with Bryce’s grandfather.
But by dinnertime I knew so much about him and his wife and the adventures
they’d had together that it seemed like I’d known him for a very long time. Plus, all his stories made the work seem easy.
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