Hank bought sexy lingerie for his wife, but she never wore it. When she died at age 87, he put it in the church rummage sale for fifty cents apiece. The money would go to help fund the children's vacation bible school that summer. The sale was in early May, and pink blossom petals rained down on the church parking lot, some of them falling into the little box of black and purple lace underwear.

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Hank started pulling Rose's things out of the closets and dressers and the spare room within an hour after he got home from her funeral. He thought his granddaughter, Haley, would like her shoes, but she sort of frowned when she tried them on and shucked them off in one swift motion. “They don't fit,” she said. He wished she would take some of the clothes, but she shook her he...

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