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My hed "Really, Dad? The first thing that comes to your nant Well, I’nant I’m a little bit more responsible than that But hey, thanks for the vote of confidence there, Dad"

"Grace Hope, don’t use that tone with your father We have every right to question you after my father just put down over four hundred thousand dollars on a house that belonged to Noah’s parents Then we find out you’re gettingto deduce out of that?"

Chewing on ht "I certainly didn’t think y’all would drive all the way here and treat lared back over to hed before looking back at me "If you don’t want to be treated like a child, don’t act like one, Grace"

My heart felt as if so tears slowly build up, I turned away fro of cancer Her husband walked out on her when she found out the cancer was back He also decided to sell the house that Noah and his sister, E more than to be in her own home as sheas sheas she died I didn’t know any other way They were getting ready to put her in a hospice facility I did what I thought was the right thing to do at the ti around, I looked at round I said, "I know you don’t want to hear this, Daddy, but I love Noah and I’ll do whatever I can for hilanced up "I knew you didn’t like him I also knew if I came to you and asked you for the money, you would tell me it wasn’t , and I also told hi ed ht if Granddad thought I wasto help He told me once that he and Gram had set money aside for both Luke and I When I presented his up and just use the money they set aside for ift Noah hasn’t askedto him about this He was upset I had asked Granddad, and at first he said he wouldn’t take it Then his sister cao home Noah didn’t have the heart to tell her the truth He’s already begun selling off sos, like jewelry, that has been in their faun selling off He plans on paying Granddad back every penny"

My mother put her hand over her mouth as she slowly sat My father looked over at her and then turned away fro her hands to her lap,the house out from under his fa wish?"

Pressing ether, I said, "No one knows Noah said his dad is a selfish son-of-a-bitch who only cares about hi in the house right now?"ot inia Sheto co their mother willumwell they don’t knohen it will happen It could be to back to us,care of theirto look at him, I said, "Noah Hospice comes in once a day One of the hospice nurses has stayed a few nights so Noah can get a good night’s sleep It’s hard for hi well and he’s all alone and--"

Looking away, I choked back asped "That poor fa next to my mother, my father took in a deep breath and slowly blew it out "You still shouldn’t have gone to your grandfather, Grace I don’t want to see you getting lost in this Noah guy Focus on finishing up your degree,your business started with Alex"

I couldn’t believein front of me?