Frances and BenChapter 4 Summer
Things got off to a rocky start that summer. Just before we were to leave for our vacation house, Kate had a phone call from her sister in the small town closest to her parents' ranch. Her dad had suffered a stroke and her mom was, understandably, frantic and overwhelmed. Kate was on a plane the next day, and we postponed our departure to the coast up north. Three days of torture, agonized waiting, long telephone conversations, tedious hours at the regional medical center for Kate, her mom...