Second Chance Dreams by Agnes Alexander

Author:Agnes Alexander [Alexander, Agnes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fire Star Press
Published: 2017-10-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

The next day Mavis fixed lunch as usual. Neil and Red had come in from the barn and sat there waiting for her to take a seat. Everyone was subdued. Nobody dared mention Kay’s name. They didn’t want to upset Red, and they didn’t want to admit that they’d been taken in by her.

They hadn’t had a chance to start eating when Darlene and the children came wheeling in the driveway. Red frowned, but before he could go outside, she came in with the baby in her arms and Billy at her heels. She sat down at the table without saying hello. “This is for you.” She handed Red a letter.

“What’s this?” Red asked.

“I found it in Kay’s room when I went in to clean it this morning. She left it.”

“Throw it away. I don’t want it. I don’t want to read anything she wrote.”

“She didn’t write it. Your mother did.”

“How do you know?”

“Kay’s note said she promised your mother to give it to you.”

“She probably lied about that, too.” He took the letter and looked at the envelope. “It is mother’s handwriting. It says, ‘To my son, Red. A last letter from your Mama.’ I guess Mama did write it.”

“Kay said she was going to give you some of your mother’s letters. If nothing else, at least she was honest about that.”

Mavis looked at her tortured son-in-law. She wanted to wring Kay’s neck. How could they all have been such fools? It didn’t matter about her and Neil. They’d get over it in a hurry, but Red wouldn’t. Since he wasn’t close to anyone else in his family, the boy had lost the only link he had to his mother. Then she thought of Jude and her heart went out to him. The poor man didn’t deserve this after the fiasco last summer. She didn’t want to wring her neck now. She wanted to shoot her.

“Do you want privacy to read it, son?” Neil asked.

“No, Neil. I have no secrets from you and Mavis. You’re the only family I have, now. The only family I’ll ever have or will ever need. I want to share this with you.”

He opened the letter and began reading aloud.

My dearest son, I knew you would read this someday. I sent it to the only person in the world I could trust to give it to you in person, my cousin, Kay. I knew she wouldn’t open the letter or destroy it as many others in the family would have done. I could have left it with Mavis, but I can’t help it, I trust Kay more. Though I’m three years older, she’s the only person in the world who has always been there for me. The one person I could count on. The only person besides your father who ever said to me, ‘Don’t worry, Becky. I’ll take care of it.’

First, I’m going to tell you the story of our family. It’s not a pretty story and if Kay or any other

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