Katie said as she opened the front door to let Grace, Dave and Maryinto her two-story house. “You’re more than welcome to stay.” “Thank you,” Grace replied and stepped into the house. Mary fol owed Dave who carried their luggage. It was just her luck that Katie happened to bethe only relative who had a spare bedroom. If Katie wasn’t so hard to understand, she mightnot be apprehensive about the whole thing. “We appreciate it,” Dave said. “Mary and I plan to be on the first train back to Omaha, so wewon’t inconvenience you for long.” Katie laughed and waved her hand to dismiss the last part of his statement. “It’s noinconvenience at al . We’re family. It’s my pleasure to help out. I’m only sorry things didn’t gowel at Mother’s.” Mary lowered her gaze so she didn’t have to look Katie in the eye. She didn’t care to go intodetail about the whole thing. It was bad enough the next train wouldn’t be coming in for anothertwo days. As much as she knew how it was going to hurt them in the pocketbook, she wasrelieved Dave brought enough along to pay for their fare back home so they didn’t have to waitto go back on the day their return ticket specified.
