Chapter 23 - Diane’s Death
Diane died at seventy four.
Stroke.
Natural.
I learned from Brooke.
One email.
No request to attend funeral.
I did not.
I felt sadness.
Not grief exactly.
Sadness for a woman who spent so much of life confusing control with connection.
Brooke said Diane kept my one line:
I am safe. Please do not contact me again.
In a desk.
I did not know why.
Maybe reminder.
Maybe wound.
Not mine to interpret.
Diane’s estate contained no claim against me.
No horse farm.
No hidden lien.
No secret trust.
Her remaining assets passed according to will.
Brooke received part.
Charities part.
Evan part.
No lawsuit.
No final manipulation.
May you like
That chapter ended without me.
I was grateful.
