Chapter 6

He said, "She keeps sending people over."I said, "She does."He thought about it. He said, "She's not coming herself."I said, "Not yet."He said, "You think she will?"I said, "I do."He said, "What are you going to do when she does?"I said, "Nothing."He said, "Nothing?"I said, "Nothing yet."He nodded like that settled it perfectly, reached into the chip bag he had packed for the camping trip, and went back to watching the party.Now, while I was waiting, I want to tell you about one more thing that happened, because it tells you exactly the kind of person she was. At one point, about forty minutes into our wait, I watched Karen walk over to the storage building at the edge of the property with two or three guests behind her. She was gesturing at the building and shaking her head slowly, the way a person shakes their head at a problem they have already decided how to fix. She walked around to the side of it. She pointed at the back wall. She reached out and actually put her hand flat against the side of the building and pushed on it once, testing it, like she was already evaluating the demolition. Then she walked back toward the party, still talking and gesturing.That storage building has been on that property since before I bought it. Eighteen years my equipment has lived in that building. She was standing there with her guests telling them she was going to knock it down.Sure enough, about forty-five minutes after the first confrontation, Karen decided to handle it herself. She handed her glass to the person next to her. She straightened her tiara with both hands. She smoothed the front of her dress slowly, top to bottom, once. She took one breath, and she started walking toward me.I need to describe this walk. It was slow. Every single step deliberate. She was fully aware that people at the party were watching her cross that field, and she walked to be watched. The skirt of her dress dragged behind her through the grass. Her chin was up. She was not watching her feet; she was looking directly at me the entire way with the look of a person who has never once been told no and has no expectation of starting today.She stopped two feet in front of me. This time there was no raised voice, no big performance for the crowd. She spoke quietly, flat and cold, which was honestly worse than the shouting.

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