She Gave Up College To Save Her Family’s Farm. The Day It Was Sold, The Whole Town Held Its Breath

An Unseen Connection

My parents mingled in their blissful ignorance. Little did they know, Richard and I had a connection they never suspected.

Our conversations were just lines in a play only we knew, secret dialogues in plain sight. We crafted a bond neither of them saw coming, built quietly over months.

It was a secret alliance, one that spun a web of purpose beneath all our outward interactions.