They Doubted His Pine Trees Until Nineteen Eighty Eight Proved Him Right

I can help it.”

“What if you can’t?”

He looked tired then. Older than forty-three. “Then we’ll still know we did right by the land.”

Emily shook her head. “I don’t want a lesson, Daddy. I want our home.”

Tom looked at her, and for the first time she saw fear in him. “So do I,” he said.

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