“She gave me a gift when I needed it most, James said. She helped me learn to live with myself when I thought I was too dead to live any more. She gave me hope that one day I would return, and that has given me strength throughout the years. The least I can do is help her future generations, as her prophecy said I would.
“But my grandfather was a proud man. He didn’t want to take more than he could give, and he could give nothing then. Finally, after James had been back in Salem about a month, my grandfather put his foot down and said no more charity even though my grandparents still weren’t able to find work, no matter how hard they tried. Factories were producing less, restaurants were closing, and even work like cooking or sewing for other families was hard to come by since everyone wa
