Chapter 15: Daisy Reveals a Hidden Asset
I was lugging in groceries with Ruth dancing around my ankles, trying her best to trip me, when Daisy emerged from what I had started to call the “big house.”
“You want some help with those?” She bounded off the porch, black hair flying behind her, wearing only a pair of jeans, a black sweater, and a pashmina.
“That would be great.” Both arms laden down with reusable shopping bags, I gestured toward the open hatch of the car. “If you’d just get the paper towels and that one bag, you’d save Ruth and me here a trip.”
Daisy hurried to comply and followed me up the stairs to my garage apartment.
After setting the bags on the counter, Daisy started for the door. Ruth, of course, wanted to go with her. To prevent this and to be neighborly, I asked Da
