Chapter 35: A Death in the Family 1921Lorenz was at the white board fence looking at the horses while drinking a cup of coffee, and wishing he could ride away his sorrow and forget why he was here. Antoinette had gone to bed with what he suspected was a non-existent headache. She wanted no one to see her weeping; after all, she was a Texan. He really wasn't thinking about one heart, two hearts, or the Schmidt's family history of bad hearts. All his thoughts were focused on losing a child. Such an event aged a man inside no matter what the outside looked like or the length of years that child had lived. Kendall's death at the age of fifty from a heart attack hurt; hurt deeply. Watching Toni grieve for her favorite son hurt, and there was nothing he could do to put things right.
The family
