The Alpine Escape
“The terse note also made my jaw drop. Afterward, I questioned my sudden urge to find out more about Olive Rowley. I suppose it occurred to me that I couldn’t understand her children unless I knew more about their mother. She had always been there in the background, but if I’d seen her as the downtrodden wife of a successful man, I’d also unconsciously assigned her the role of the hand that rocks the cradle. It was Olive, not Cornelius, who had formed Eddie and Carrie. Oh, he’d definitely had hi...s influence, but a man who would leave his family for months, even years, at a time to go off as a timber cruiser and make a fortune wasn’t the one who guided his offspring through their youth.
Maybe Tessie and I were judging Olive too hastily. Mrs. Rowley might have contracted the disease from her husband. How had he amused himself during those long separations? I posed the question to Tessie.
But she gave a shake of her head. “Whoever wrote in the margins knew some of the early residents’ intimate secrets.MoreLess
Maybe Tessie and I were judging Olive too hastily. Mrs. Rowley might have contracted the disease from her husband. How had he amused himself during those long separations? I posed the question to Tessie.
But she gave a shake of her head. “Whoever wrote in the margins knew some of the early residents’ intimate secrets.MoreLess
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