Deep lines carved across Phelps Lawson's face as he furrowed his brow.

"And where's Jessica?"

All eyes turned to Timothy, waiting for an answer.

How could Jessica not come home for such an important family holiday?

Still bristling, Timothy muttered, "She went back to her hometown."

Sallie's voice snapped, "Doesn't she know today is for honoring our ancestors?"

"That's right, Timothy. She married into the Lawson family. She's one of us now. How can she skip it?"

Naylor Lawson, Timothy's father, looked equally displeased.

Timothy glanced around with a frosty edge in his voice. "And where's Rebekah?"

mom went

immediately grabbed Nola's arm.

"If Rebekah can go home to her folks, why can't

lips shut, silently

home. Jessica's folks

a chill. "No family left, but the graveyard's

in, slamming the brakes on their bickering. Visiting the graves mattered more than squabbling, and he had no time to hash things out with

family set out for

Lawsons' family plot, everyone gathered solemnly around the headstones, waiting for Phelps to give the

Phelps turned to face them.

stunned silence fell as the Lawsons exchanged

thumped his cane on the ground in frustration. "I asked, where are the offerings? Don't tell me the great Lawson family couldn't even bring something to honor our

family, she had always handled the arrangements for the

took care of it before. I just assumed she'd do it again this year. I didn't even think

chest in anger, and Sallie

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