When Grace called Joy a week later, Joy didn’t think anything of it. She and Grace had been in contact since she’d left Heron’s Landing, and Joy let the call go to voicemail. But Grace called again, and again, and finally Joy picked up the fourth time she called, thinking that something terrible had happened.
“Oh good, you picked up! I’m sorry for calling so late, but I just found out that Adam is selling River’s Bend.”
Joy sat up straight. Already in bed, she was typing at her computer, but she shoved the laptop off of her. “What do you mean he’s selling?”
“Just that. The harvest was so bad that he feels like there’s nothing else he can do. But I think he’s doing it to punish himself. Joy, he read the retraction and your story. I know he did. He’s been a zombie all week. He knows he sc
