and poured hot water into the teapot. Two chairs, two napkins, nothing fancy. This wasn’t a performance. The house would do the talking.
Meredith’s SUV pulled up at 2:03. She stood in the driveway for a full ten seconds, neck craned back to take in the house—the roofline, the wide steps, the big windows catching light. Her face was an odd mix of disbelief continue reading …