Chapter 97

"I do mean your daddy shot Carey's men," Cordia confirmed. "And then we helped the townsfolk clean up and start over. We eventually went back to the farm, where we raised you two little angels until we needed to come back here to help Grandma and Grandpa. After Frieda passed away, they needed someone, and I didn't see any sense in hiring someone when I was capable of doing it myself. Besides, I missed them. Family is very important to both your father and I."

The girls soaked in the story, and Hope reflected on just how much her parents must've loved each other to go through all of that. "But Mama, you didn't exactly say what happened to Carey Adams. No one in town seems to know, but I think maybe you do."