Summer of '79: A Summer of '69 Story by Elin Hilderbrand

Author:Elin Hilderbrand [Hilderbrand, Elin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00

4. Heart of Glass

With Exalta’s death, Kate is now the matriarch of the family. Alongside her deep sorrow, she feels a rush of power, of agency. There’s no one left to please, no one left to placate, no one left to impress.

There is no one left to judge her.

She’s free.

“Is it horrible to feel this way?” Kate whispers to David in the car. “I loved her…”

“You worshipped her,” David says.

“I respected her…”

“You revered her…”

“I even liked her at times.”

“She was a great deal easier to deal with once we bought our own house,” David says. “And once she and Bill got together.”

Bill Crimmins, yes. Kate owes a tremendous debt to Bill—not only for four decades of service to their family and the house but for the past ten years as Exalta’s companion. In her will, Exalta granted Bill lifetime rights to All’s Fair and Little Fair. Only when Bill dies will Exalta’s Nantucket home pass to Kate. This was an appropriate gesture, and yet Kate can’t help but worry that Bill will mend his relationship with his daughter, Lorraine, who is responsible for every bit of heartbreak Kate has known in her life, and Lorraine Crimmins will end up spending time, maybe even entire summers, in All’s Fair.

Bill Crimmins wouldn’t encourage this, certainly. However, if Lorraine discovers—from one of her former chums at Bosun’s Locker, let’s say—that Exalta has died and Bill has been granted residency, and decides to simply show up, would Bill have the willpower to turn her away?

Kate fears the answer is no. So many of us are powerless when it comes to our own children.

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