'But…'
'No buts. It's a fact. Guilt isn't going to help – William or anybody else. It hasn't helped you. Let it go. Start over.'
'That's just it. I don't know if I can.'
Irene opened the French doors and came down the steps onto the deck. She pulled up a chair and smiled a practiced smile. Christina could see that she'd been crying, had tried to hide the traces. 'You two having a nice talk at last?' she asked. 'Oh, these are excellent olives. Have you tried these, Christina?'
She was sitting up, emotion ripping through her. She could feel the invisible chain tying her to her son. How could she ever loosen it. He was anchored to her.
She swung her legs over the side of the lounger. 'I'm taking a dip, Mom. Do you want to hold William?'
She held her baby out and her mother took him. The chain hadn't broken – she'd let him go and they were still connected. Her mother's eyes brimmed over again.
Christina walked to the pool and stood at its edge.
It was the pink moment.
John Lescroart
JOHN LESCROART, the New York Times best-selling author of such novels as The Mercy Rule, The 13th Juror, Nothing but the Truth, and The Hearing, lives with his family in northern California.
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