“I don't mean to pry, but you mentioned righting some wrong from the past. I'll help as long as you have good intentions, but I'd prefer not to get involved in anything problematic or confrontational.”
Hope settled against the chair. “Nothing at all to worry about. To be honest, I have extraordinarily little to go on but the rambling words of a woman who's sadly developing a touch of Alzheimer's.” Hope explained that a doctor had diagnosed her mother with the disease after several bouts of forgetfulness during the year. While it wasn't serious yet, Hope had convinced her mother and a close aunt to move into her own home while she was out of town. During the moving process, they'd found personal items that prompted her mother to share stories about the years she'd lived in Braxton.
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