Chapter 24LEAVING COFFEY
The hot summer days, filled with the smell of hay and the sounds of birds, could quickly turn into gusty storms with the possibility of tornadoes. The twisting winds might suddenly threaten to erupt into a powerful funnel of destructive fury.
Ivy watched the dark sky with fear until the menacing clouds passed across the prairie and calm returned to the heavens. Knowing her mother was still alive increased Ivy’s unrest. But she held her twisting secret inside. Her season was about to change. It would be her turn to leave. Ivy couldn’t wait to get out of Coffey, to escape the town forced to betray her by the silent threat of Violet Taylor. She had been robbed of her mother. Grandma had no right. Grandmas were grandmas. She needed a real mother.
Ivy didn’t blame he
