The email was from Kolton, Andrew’s father. The subject line was in bold.
“Father Critically Ill, Wishes to See You.”
Barbara’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the subject line. Although the Gordon family had treated her poorly, Kolton’s father, Andrew’s grandfather, had always been kind to her.
Kolton was a self-made man, his father a farmer through and through. When Barbara was little, just after she met Andrew, she would spend every summer vacation at his grandfather’s house in the countryside. Grandfather would take them climbing trees for fruit and wading in the river to catch fish; they spent carefree days in the idyllic countryside.
Barbara wasn’t close to her mother’s family, and her grandfather on that side was always strict and lecturing. Andrew’s grandfather was the closes
