The Final Appraisal at the Lake House Before the Family Reckoning

feeling,” she said.

“You call often.”

“I worry.”

“You also ask for money often.”

Her lower lip trembled.

“I hate that you see me that way.”

“How should I see it?”

“As family.”

“That word has become very expensive around here.”

She looked wounded.

Maybe she was.

Claire was not cruel in the sharp way Diane was.

She was not proud in the loud way Mark was.

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