Sunday, 4:40 p.m.Back in Mill Valley after Kate Nelson stormed out, Eric sat in the kitchen. He was stunned. What had just happened? He did not mean to say any of that about himself and why we were heading east, true as it was. What happened?
He had to speak to someone. Not Suzanne.
“Hello, Mary Nelson.”
“Aunt Mary?” It was a tentative voice.
“Eric! My god. What’s wrong?” Eric would not be calling her unless something was wrong. She had just hung up with Eileen. It had to be something after Eileen’s call to Mill Valley.
“Do you have a minute? I need to speak to someone.”
“Eric, what is it?”
Eric told her about the conversation he had with his mother. He never called his Aunt before and only met her once, but he had asked Suzanne to give him her number “just in case.”
“This is more
