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"Inferior?"

"Yes," she said, nodding

I considered telling her everything, just spewing it all out like so her knohat I really had to endure, letting her know about the pain and the trouble her actions years and years ago were still causing, but this wasn't the time We had Grandmother Hudson's funeral to think about first

"I guess you've told the toward the lake, her head down, her arms folded

"Well, not quite," she said

"What do you mean?"

"Grant knows it all, yes, but I haven't told the children the truth about you Both Grant and I hoped that maybe we could spare them that in the middle of all this," she added quickly "I'm sure you can appreciate that"

"No, I can't," I said angrily "There comes a time when all the lies have to stop"

"It's not lying sothe whole story"

"What did you finally tell them about me then?"

"Well, not much more than before," she said "I just added that your father was a good friend ofall this for you because of that old friendship"

"But when they find out about the will"

"They won't be at the reading of the will and we'll wait until they're a little older for the rest," she said "Okay?" She looked like she was holding her breath

What had she done: pro with their plan?

"I don't care what they know or don't know," I said