The Burning Edge

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Maybe the worst was really over, Lisa Palmer thought, driving home alone to Queens from Upstate New York.

Her fingers tightened on the wheel. She was trying to get a grip on her life, trying to regain control, but it was hard, so hard. It had been nearly two years since her husband, Bobby, had died, but now, for the first time, Lisa believed that she and her kids would endure.

They had to.

They needed to move on with their lives. Selling the cabin in the Adirondacks was the first big step Lisa had taken.

But was it the right thing to do?

She glanced at the passenger seat and the slim briefcase holding all the paperwork. A few hours ago she’d closed the sale at the Realtor’s office. The new owners, a retired chef and his wife, a florist, from Newark, would take possession in thirty days.

The cabin was still Lisa’s until then.

She had promised Ethan and Taylor one last visit to the lake. It was important for all of them to say goodbye to this part of their lives. They’d go up to the cabin together in a few weeks. Lisa brushed a tear from her eye. God, the kids loved it there. She did, too. It was on Lake George and so pretty. It had been in Bobby’s family since his great-grandfather bought it in 1957.

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