“I see.” The widow stood straighter. “So, his life was not wasted.”
“Quite the contrary.”
The widow’s expression turned shrewd. “Tell her, then, that I understand. I will try my best to forgive her.”
The woman bowed. “That is all anyone could ask.”
Jason Garrett loved his life and hated his government.
Not the national government, mind you. Jason was a proud Red and had full confidence in the President for Life. Well, since the President was dead, God rest his soul, it was the Chief Advisor in charge. The Advisor wasn’t great, but he was better than a bunch of socialists.
Anyway, Jason still supported the national government, but the entire California government had been hijacked years ago by the Blues. The people in his community around Blyton all voted Red, of course, and their rep
