Three Green Notebooks Left in a Cedar Chest on Elm Street

you were stubborn,” I said.

Arthur looked down at his boots. “It was easier than watching her family go through a trial. Her husband was still alive then, and he was a frail man.”

“And now she is taking your land,” I said.

Arthur looked up, his eyes clear and steady. “Sometimes you have to let the rain fall to clear the air, Mabel.”

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