Not Quite Gone (A Lowcountry Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
“Here you are, your majesty.” “Thanks.” She tears into the bags I set on the desk, pulling out her salad and dousing it in balsamic vinaigrette that’s going to linger in the air for the rest of the day. She shoves a bite in her mouth. “Good gravy, this tastes good.” “That is disgusting, and Grams would be rolling over in her grave if she saw you talking with lettuce stuck in your teeth like that.” “Please. We both know she’s off fishing somewhere, not hanging out watching us eat lunch. Grams loved us but she loved herself more. And honestly, that makes her my hero these days.” The comment shocks me a bit at first, but not once it settles. Grams would have done anything for either of us—or Gramps, or anyone else in this town—but she never put her own happiness on the back burner for too long. That makes her something of a novelty down here in the South, where too many women marry young and lose themselves, their personal needs and wants sacrificed on the altar of husband and family.
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