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52 Hide In Plain Sight
Aggravating. But he already knew, so who was she
kidding by refusing to answer him?
“Uncle Nick confirmed what you said.” She bit off
the words, resenting the fact that he’d known what she
should have.
“Sorry. I wish I’d been wrong.” His voice had just
the right degree of sympathy.
Some of her resentment ebbed away. This wasn’t his
fault. “I can’t grasp it. When I was small, I thought my
grandfather was the wisest, kindest man in the world.”
Her opinion about the kindness had changed when
Grandfather let them go without a word, writing them
out of his life except for the college funds he’d
provided. Surely he could have mended the quarrel
with Mom if he’d really cared about them. But even so,
she’d never doubted his business acumen.
“You can still have good memories of him.” His
tone warmed.
She could only nod, her throat choking up. She
would like to remember Grandfather as she’d once seen
him, without thinking about how he’d let her and her
sisters down. Or how he’d apparently failed Grams.
“Why didn’t my grandmother tell me? I would
have helped.”
She could feel his gaze on her face. “Maybe it doesn’t
matter why. Now that you know, you’ll do the right
thing.”
He sounded like an echo of Uncle Nick, except that
they didn’t agree about what that right thing was.
“Uncle Nick told me he’s been worried about Grams.
He said there have been problems with antique thieves.