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"Can I take a seat?"

She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that Geneva's sudden presence by her side took her totally off guard

"Yes… Yes," she answered, still ry cereal bar She put the re tea on the coffee table in front of her

"I want to apologize, first of all," said Geneva when she had sat down on an armchair next to Kathy's

There were two options: She could pretend she had no idea what the wo, for she really hadn't a clue how this conversation was going to develop So, poker face

"Myto Geneva's version, Mrs Martin had suddenly decided she didn't agree with the terms of her sister's will, and had convinced her brother to visit Mrs Sloan's lawyer late the previous evening and the notary early that sahter When she was finally convinced - Angus and Geneva had only felt obliged to cole syllable, she adopted the bitter attitude Jesse and Kathy had been witness to

"She's my mother and I love her," went on Geneva "But I don't want you to think I see things the way she does"

"The three of you looked so upset just now"

"I know! And ere! My us and I out of e - what you ht when you found out we hadn't waited for you, to coether, as was to be expected"

"Frankly, Geneva," said Kathy, picking up the plastic glass with the artificial calmness of a stressed person "Your serious faces are the only thing that has made sense to me in the last few days"