Music in the Night (Logan 4)

this . . . this imperfection. She should be made to

expect no favors and she certainly shouldn't be

babied. Only then will she have the strength to stand

up to her deformity."

"It's not a deformity," I insisted. "And May is

smart and strong enough to live a good life with her

handicap."

"I didn't bring you out here to waste time on

this topic, Laura. I brought you out here to give you

the benefit of my years of wisdom and my sense of

family responsibility. Unfortunately;i am the one who

has to have all the strength in this family. Your

grandfather is becoming more and more forgetful. I'm

afraid he's falling into his dotage and will end up in a

rest home sooner rather than later."

"Grandpa? He looks wonderful."

"You don't live with him," she replied dryly.

"Anyway, I hope you have heard some of what I have

said and will behave properly, doing the right thing." "I like Robert Royce, Grandma. I'm not going

to hurt him by telling him he's not good enough for

the Logans," said softly, but firmly.

She stared at me a moment and then slowly

shook her head.

"I expected more from you, Laura. You leave

me no choice but to speak to your father about this." I felt the tears come to my eyes.

"Daddy likes Robert, too," I said, but I knew

how strong my mother's influence was on my father.

Usually, her words were like Gospel. "Please don't

say anything bad about him."

"If I have your word that you will not do