The McConnell house wasn’t too far from where Edie lived, which was unusual. Her work took her all over Richmond and its surrounding counties, and it wasn’t unheard of to drive an hour or more to reach some of the more remote locations. At least she didn’t have to get on the interstate and fight the morning commute. The only traffic she had to contend with were Henrico County school buses as they stopped every other block to pick up children. As she waited for a handful of little tykes to climb onboard, she muttered to herself, “They never stopped this much when I was going to school.”
Back in my day, she thought with a grin. When had she gotten old? It must have crept up on her, because her college days seemed like a few years ago, no more. But she remembered seeing an e-mail not too lon
