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What rong with her? Why couldn’t she let go of this? The jealousy was killing her and hurting the thing she cared most about: her family

I’m worried about what you’ll do Aurora had voiced that fear long ago, and it came back to Winona now

“Winona?” someone called out

She came to a breathless stop on the sidewalk and wiped her eyes, then turned—s—toward the speaker

Myrtle Michaelian stood there “Your father is les Hall I think someone should drive him home” Myrtle frowned at her “Are you okay, honey?”

Winona sed hard “Sure, Myrtle Why wouldn’t I be?” She turned away and walked briskly toward the Eagles Before she’d even stepped through the door and into the s one of his many Vivi-Ann-is-perfect stories in a slurred voice

“Coo home”

He was too drunk to put upand into her waiting car “You should cut back on the whiskey, Dad”

“Saysh the girl who eats everything in sight”

Winona said nothing more to him on the drive to the ranch There, she helped him into his roo

“You’re welco him with a blanket

Sighing, she left the house and returned to her car As she drove up past the barn, she noticed Vivi Ann’s truck parked deep in the trees by Grandpa’s cottage Dallas’s truck was there, too

If the ht not have noticed it at all No one would

Winona sla at the trucks parked side by side In that moment, memories locked into one another, brushstrokes of color fore She re or hadn’t shown up as she’d pro her

Could it be that Vivi had lied to them all?