22. Adapting
Elly attempted to get by without Steven, but she’d learned to depend on his aid. She was too elderly to accomplish many things by herself. Her children continued pressuring her to leave the home behind and go south. But she’d raised her entire family in that home. It was Peter’s home, the last piece of him she had. Elly couldn’t bear to part with it, but she was starting to feel that she wouldn’t have a choice.