Verena pushed a bouquet into the open memorial urn belonging to Alden’s late wife and deliberately moved the lid away when six-year-old Milo reached for it.
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Chapter 14
Harlan apologized to me.
I rejected it.
“You followed what you believed was my instruction.”
“I should have verified.”
“Yes.”
Different.
We changed process.
Any removal of personal family items required confirmation from the person who owned them or the current custodian.
Boring.
Necessary.
No one person could say:
Alden wants this cleared.
And move three vehicles of history.
The staff appreciated it.
One maid said:
“Does this include old clothes?”
“Yes.”
“Even ugly ones?”
May you like
“Especially ugly ones.”
Apparently families become safer through tedious logistics sometimes.
