A Calculated Collapse

"Grandpa's words are of course not wrong." Joanna said with her arms folded, "Dane was under a cloud because of Cora's incident seven years ago. If he shows no concern over Cora's injury now, what should he do when people bring up the past history?"

Edgar nodded in agreement. "Can you bear the consequences?"

Ruth held her tongue as she thought of the problems her son was facing after Coralie died