A widowed businessman returns early to his quiet mansion, ready to confront the housekeeper, but what he sees changes everything

learning their names and habits all winter, the way Claire had known them — had cut the overgrown sections back in March and the plants had responded with an extravagance of new growth that covered the south wall in a way Owen had not seen in years. The day was warm and clear, the mountain air carrying its particular quality of cleanness, and the garden continue reading …