Chapter 7
With Saul finally out of the house, Sable was all that Lettie Denis had left. Each day seemed worse than the last. Sable could almost feel the woman’s claws as she tried to hold on to her. She loved her mother, and she remembered when she was sweet and beautiful, but old age had caused her to begin to cling to those around her. But Sable couldn’t help it. She was a woman now, and it was time to leave. She hated to think about what she was doing to her. Maybe one day she would come to realize that it was her actions that had pushed everyone out of her life including her husband and children—leaving her all alone.
With her train ticket tucked safely in her drawstring purse, Sable looked out her bedroom window and saw a big full moon so close she felt as if she could reach out and
