All Chapters of A Common Fate: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

The customer Rose had seen on the house inspection was not mistaken. Of course, a man was there when she met Brenda. Dave.He had called her and asked if he could come too.Donnie wouldn't mind, he'd explained.Rose had agreed, she gave him the address and they all met there.The street in which the house stood was quiet and shady, small, nice single-family houses stood in a row, some had magnificent rose bushes in their front gardens and rhododendrons, but some only had a few box trees and the obligatory lawn next to the driveway.The house in front of which they stopped was surrounded by rose bushes.A small fig tree stood in the middle of the lawn.A garage bordered the driveway, with a connecting door leading into the washroom.The house had one floor and was plastered white.There was a small porch outside the front door.Brenda first led her around the house into the garden, where Rose decided for herself th

Brenda nodded. “Yeah, it's pretty tough, especially for Donnie. Sometimes he says it was a mercy that his father died so quickly. To see his mother, who sometimes neither knows where she is nor who is talking to her, is always very difficult for him. "“Yes, these are sad cases, I know that from work. And the bad thing is that as a nurse you don't have enough time to take care of everyone adequately. ""Fortunately, there are retirement homes," said Brenda, "because I don't know how to look after Helen at home, as much as I wanted to."They left the bedroom and went next door to Donnie's old nursery.A simple bed made of light wood stood against the wall, next to it a desk and a wardrobe on the opposite wall. Rose suspected that this room had been used as a guest room.Brenda showed them the second bathroom, there were two sinks, a shower tray like the one in the bathroom below and a bidet next to the toilet."What's that, Mommy?

Dr. Sumner told him about Sandra's broken faucet and the fifty dollars she'd gotten for the new one. Dana, her supervisor later took the receipt and asked her about the remaining money. Since Sandra had nothing left, she was denied the money that she got every day for two days. This money came from the health insurance, as it was used to pay for food, clothing, detergents, etc. Now the health insurance company had to reimburse this money, as it was technically due to Sandra and Dave.“You should therefore contact the insurance company as soon as possible,” concluded Dr. Sumner finally.Dave just didn't get it. It was impossible for a woman to spend twenty dollars a day alone. It had to be possible to buy clothes with your own money."Dr. Sumner, I'd like to ask you something frankly, ”Dave began."Go ahead."“You had Sandra sign a statement so that you could talk to me about her. I would really like to know why. "The

When we looked at the house, someone of your father's acquaintance saw us. And on other occasions when we were out with Dave, someone apparently saw us too. And those people used to tell your daddy and Uncle James too. And because everyone thought Dave would want to move into the house with us, your daddy and uncle James thought I had known Dave when we were still living with daddy. "“And what would be so bad about that? You know a lot of people, ”Melissa asked.“Well, you know, they thought I was in love with Dave. And if you're married and fall in love with someone else and then meet them secretly, then you're cheating on your husband. And you don't do that. You always have to clean the table first before you start something new. "Melissa didn't really understand what it meant, but she did understand that everyone had thought their mother had done something bad."You know what, Mommy," she consoled Rose, "everyone who thinks that of

The morning was still pleasantly fresh after the storm that had raged until late in the evening.Rose had picked up Dave and Josie by car.They left shortly after nine so that they could get a good seat.Dave had brought his parasol so that they wouldn't have to sit in the blazing sun all day.Rose had two huge bags with her. One was the food that would keep warm for a few hours, the other was the drinks and four ice packs.In addition, everyone had brought a huge picnic blanket, sunscreen, sand toys and swimming aids for the children and of course some change so they could buy an ice cream later.Melissa and Josie were sitting in the back of their child seats and were terribly excited.They had no idea what the sea was like.Sure, they'd seen pictures and you could often see them on TV, but being there was something else entirely.They drove out of Monterey on Del Monte Avenue, then parked at the end of Del Monte Beach,