’ He looked up at Lacie, a look of deep regret and apology in his piercing grey eyes. ‘But if we’re to have your help, you need to know what alm...st happened to you, and I need to apologize to you for it, because, to a large degree, it’s my fault.’ Lacie’s jaw dropped and instinctively, she pulled away from him. Before she could stop herself from recoiling, Lacie drew her knees up and ducked her head, making herself as small as possible. Instantly, once Lacie realized what she had done, she. In any case it's more money than I'm going to need. I'm not planning on starting a new life. It isn't my intention to find a place to start over. My life is over now so I don't need a lot of money. I just want to get far away from here before I die. I don't want it to end here. I'm not even sure why. But for some reason it's important to me. I need to get away from this town and these people before I die. If I die here, if I'm buried here, my gravestone will serve as nothing but a monument to. I’ve been planning on staying here to tidy up, get all the bed and bath linens washed, and then heading into the office. Your housekeeper should be here any moment, too, and she’ll help. I have a long list.” She waved her iPhone at me.I liked that Margo announced her intentions and didn’t ask for permission. She’d even taken over management of my housekeeper around the wedding without involving me. I was out of the office a lot and didn’t need things to hang up because I wasn’t there to approve. It wasn't in pain, just surprise. I ran off, trying to catch her or one of the other girls and grabthem the same way. We all bumped into each other in the dark, and Ithink I caught either Marilyn or the next youngest girl between thelegs but there wasn't anything to squeeze or hold onto so she slippedaway. The younger girls and my brother ended up chasing each other around,rolling around on the floor, while Sheila caught me and pressed medown onto her bed, pinning me in a wrestling move, her.