Lee stayed with Adam’s family for two weeks after the
funeral, then left. They had occasionally exchanged letters and
cards, but had seen little of each other since then.
Their conversation on the phone last night had been brief.
When Adam said he would be living in Memphis for a few
months, and would like to see her, Lee invited him to her
luxury apartment by the river. He would live with her, she
insisted. She was now living apart from her husband, and he
would be company. Then he said he would be working in the
Memphis office, working on Sam’s case, in fact.