After Nate returned to Iraq, Janet settled in for the long winter months that spilled more rain than snow on the Willamette valley. The bleak gray days lumbered along at a dismal pace, as did her husband"s steady descent into himself. At least she had her father with them now. Though he was older than Neil, he was spry and alert, and lately he had assumed many of the tasks Neil had once done around the house. Most importantly, he watched over her husband when she was away on shoots.
But William had his own problems. A loss of hearing in one ear frustrated him to no end. And then there had been the fight with prostate cancer at seventy, which he battled with radiation for three years only to end up having it removed anyway. A year later, he found out he was hyperglycemic. That led to a str
