Chapter 24“Just please put him on the phone, Mom. Just hold the phone to his ear.” Henley stood by the cabin’s living room window, peeking out at Mason, who was chopping wood in his big plaid coat. Ciccio was out there too, wearing his boots and coat, playing around with a stick, but Fortuna was feeling under the weather, lying on the couch, sleeping. “I want to say a few words to Uncle Ted. He’ll love that.”
“No, what he would love, is for you to come visit. For you to come stay in Ottawa and see him every day.”
Wow. Talk about a guilt trip.
“No, Mom, Uncle Teddy really wouldn’t want that. And if you and Dad cared enough to listen to his stories, you’d understand—”
“He fell in love with a married solider, Henley. He was a fool. Frankly, it must run in the family. Quelle niaserie!”
“M
