The Last Letter
“Jeanie was lucid for only minutes before she fell back into oblivion. Katherine sat for hours, hoping she might come back to tell her what she needed to know. But it became clear for the time being, she was either going further into death or resting up for another moment of clarity.While she sat with her mother, Katherine tried to piece the events of the prairie back together. She couldn’t do it though, and it became clear that she first had to read the attic letters, needed to try to understan...d why her mother had decided to burn them, why Katherine herself would have been compelled to lift them out of the fire and tuck them away where her mother would never see them again. And why would her father write to Ruthie Moore, why would her mother have that letter?Jeanie stared at her mother’s relatively smooth face. She should have been more wrinkled to have death courting her so hard. Katherine touched her mother’s cheek, its softness made a smile flit to her mouth.Eventually, Katherine trudged up the attic steps and settled back into the spot she’d vacated the day before.MoreLess
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