CHAPTER 95 - HEATH

“Think of this as a few missing Mother’s Day presents.” Heath said to Ivy. “I’m not sending this back. You need it. We have social obligations to meet, and you’re going to be my wife. If anyone may complain, it’s not some judgemental outsider.”

“Heath, thank you. But I’m hearing your mother’s last words to me when I see all of this.”

“What did grandma say to you, mom?”

“Geoff, you don’t need to know or worry about it.”

Ivy could see Heath bristle at the mention of his mother’s interference in his life. “Geoff, just know your grandmother overstepped her place. Your grandmother said things to your mom she had no right saying. Your grandfather wasn’t much better when he let her say those words. He’s just as guilty as your grandmother because he added insult to injury by doing something else. I feel is underhanded. I’m afraid that’s why they’ve not tried to visit. What they did made them unwelcome here.”

“But they are family.