A place where I could stay.”“Is that what you wish for? A place of your own?”“It doesn’t have to be mine. I just want a place where I don’t have to leave if I don’t want to.”THIRTY-EIGHTThe next day Diamond was already gone when we got up. While we ate breakfast, I turned on Diamond’s computer and Googled the other aphorism that Paco told me about, the line that Cassie sometimes said.‘The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.’It turned out that it was a quote from Harry Golden, a guy who was convicted of mail fraud when he was young. After he was released from prison, he became a writer and through dogged determination became very successful.I wondered if Cassie’s prison was housecleaning and if her success at tomatoes was like Harry’s writing. Probably lots of people could grow good tomatoes and experiment with making them better. But Cassie was driven far beyond ordinary gardeners.After breakfast, Paco and Spot and I took Diamond’s old pickup and headed out to acquire supplies.
