With Dad and Mark gone, Helen’s family saw
their chance. Two houses, savings. All hers.
Except, Mark, pre–nuptial agreement in hand,
had put everything in Dad’s name.
Helen’s family had to sell a house to raise the
ransom. If they paid and Dad and Mark didn’t
come back…tough luck.
Whatever was left would be distributed
く
according to Mom’s will.
Probably nothing.
…after New Years, my former coworker
called, laughing. “That…woman…came back!
Said the pill lady ran off! Begged us to save
her!”
“Then, at the cashier, she insisted $0.18 was
more than $0.90! Said we were overcharging
her, threatened to call the news!”
“I’ve never met anyone like her!”
I smiled faintly. “Some people…aren’t quite
right…but they function well enough to seem
L
Probably nothing.
…after New Years, my former coworker
called, laughing. “That…woman…came back!
Said the pill lady ran off! Begged us to save
her!”
“Then, at the cashier, she insisted $0.18 was
more than $0.90! Said we were overcharging
her, threatened to call the news!”
“I’ve never met anyone like her!”
I smiled faintly. “Some people…aren’t quite right…but they function well enough to seem
normal.”
