THE SILENCE THAT BREAKS HOME

nstant. It was not pe

s together, not to rewrite the past, but to

face her," Richard admit

" Anna said gently. "I am asking yo

, and then, "I wi

. She did not push. She knew

rang. It was Richard.

a storm. She did not know what would happen - if it

irst, her hands were trembling, her eyes full of wary. Rich

ether by history and heartbreak, standing a b

ion was palpable. And then Marg

humorless laugh. "L

"I do not know why I came. Maybe I just wanted

. "It was real. All of i

"I was angry f

r voice breaking. "But i

hard said.

arations. Just two people who had been

ars, they saw one another no

nna sat on the porch with Mat

anything? He

ead. Maybe not.

lized, and that