Chapter 6“Who is this woman?” Archie stared at Sharon Bergen.
Jefferson and Daniel let Annie explain.
“This is Doug’s mother, Archie. Dougie’s. She lost her son the day I had mine.”
“I know. The day I lost you and Dad. I’m sorry,” Archie said to Sharon.
“You don’t remember me from Virginia?” Sharon was fidgety. With a her gray bob and cream colored silk pantsuit, she had the air of a fashion model, the kind from the 80s who still looked elegant and beautiful years after her last cover shoot.
“I lived in Virginia a while.” Archie studied her. “When I went to become a man.”
Archie’s words made his father smile.
“Yes. I saw you a lot in the neighborhood,” Sharon said. “I’ve only recently come to realize what a coincidence that was.”
“That word again,” Daniel interjected quietly. “A wo
