Watching Dad become a grandfather reminded me that family relationships weren’t fixed structures.
They were living things.
Ignore them long enough, and they weakened.
Give them attention, and sometimes they surprised you.
Two days before Mercer & Lane opened, Selina invited us to a private dinner.
I nearly refused.
Rowan didn’t pressure me.
That was one reason I agreed.
The restaurant was beautiful.
Warm wood.
Cream walls.
Plants near tall windows.
Not extravagant.
Thoughtful.
Mara Voss greeted us at the entrance.
Finally, I met the mysterious bookkeeper.
She was energetic, in her fifties, and completely unaware that her unanswered calls had caused so much speculation.
“I’m so glad Rowan finally called me back,” she said.
I looked at him.
“You did?”
“Yesterday.”
Mara smiled.
“I needed his updated address for the guarantee release paperwork.”
That was it.
The mysterious calls.
An address.
I almost laughed.
Real life often refused to cooperate with suspense.
During dinner, Selina gave a short speech thanking her partners, employees, and the development program.
Then she looked at our table.
“And my family,” she said.
Rowan lowered his eyes.
“Especially the people who loved me enough to stop helping me in ways that were hurting all of us.”
Several guests laughed, assuming she was joking.
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