Cora

“Daddy, can we have a slumber party tonight?” Legend lay on a towel in the sun with his hands behind his head and his feet kicked out.

Other than his jabbering, the rest of us had been rather quiet. I was sure Gwendolyn and Susan were worn out having spent the day playing on the beach with a rambunctious boy, and I was just lost in my thoughts. I didn’t have a clue what to say when my grandmother was around, and I didn’t care to chance things erupting into an argument if one of us said something the other took offense to. Legend loved her, and I wouldn’t do anything to tarnish that. Although, I had to admit, it was taking a toll on me and bringing me down. I wasn’t the type to hold a grudge—or at least I never thought I was. I’d also never been put in the position I was in with Gwendolyn. In the long run, this emotional back and forth would do nothing other than hurt the people I loved.

“What do you think, Cora? Should we let the little monster crash the Carpenter pad?”