It has been two days since Jim passed, and today Jenny, Ava's mother, arrives. Sheriff Higgin has agreed to pick her up from the airport at four then take her to the funeral home. My parents will meet with Jenny at the funeral home and help with planning the funeral if she allows it.
Yesterday my father asked Ava about Jim's life insurance policy, and she knew where it was. She was the policy's sole beneficiary, but she said it would become a problem once her mother found out.
Since my parents left, she has been on pins and needles.
"Ava, please come sit down." She has been pacing back and forth for the past ten minutes.
"I can't."
I get off the light green sofa and walk over to her. "Ava, it will be okay. My family and I will make sure Jim has a proper funeral, and she doesn't
