Fear of Frying by Churchill Jill

Author:Churchill, Jill [Churchill, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

“I’m so sorry to hear that,“ Jane said. . “Oh, don’t be. I wasn’t wanting pity. Just explaining the situation. Like I say, we very much resent strangers coming in and usurping our rights. But they’re not really keeping us from doing anything that’s important to us. Benson and I have no intention of leaving. We came here with the idea of living out our lives in this building. So the fact that the land is impossible to sell is really okay. We have no children to leave an inheritance to, so there’s not that concern.“

“What about Edna? What if she outlives both of you?“ Jane asked bluntly.

“Oh, she’s entirely likely to. She is, in her own words, a tough old bird. Edna also has quite a nest egg of her own. She inherited from a spinster aunt who was a whiz at investing. And Edna’s no slouch at it herself. That’s the only thing she’s interested in on the computer. She buys and sells stocks through it. I guess that’s really another reason we aren’t as upset as we might be. If both Benson and I truly became infirm, we could give this place to a nature reserve and live on Edna’s money. She’d like nothing better. She keeps begging us to let her buy something in Chicago and move back.“

“And you won’t consider it?“

“Not now. Probably not ever, if we can help it. Edna’s marvelous and wouldn’t lord it over us that we were financially dependent on her, but we don’t want that. And it all comes back, in the end, to the fact that we love it here. And we love our independence, even if we have to fight Edna for it,“ she added with a grin. “So are you interested in seeing the stock program?”

The discussion was clearly over.

“Actually, I’d rather see what kind of games you’ve got,“ Jane said.

“A woman after my own heart,“ Allison said. “Most of them are shareware. I’ll make you copies and you can mail checks to the creators of the ones you like. I’ve got a great graph program, too. Do you knit or needlepoint?“

“Both. Badly.”

Allison laughed. “Well, I can help you make absolutely beautiful charts. What you do with the actual work is your own problem.”

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