I cannot walk much any longer. It would not be possible for me to go round the lake. But I do manage to cross over the street to sit on that bench, alone now, watching the sunset, and sometimes I think that Ruby is still there sitting with me and I can feel her hand, soft and warm, in mine.
I think of many things then and one of them is that all of this might have been what my mother really sought in her dream – just this quiet and peace and these beautiful surroundings, and nothing else.
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