Wet Confetti

Rolled silver white hair created a halo about the womans head. The lamplight cast oblique shadows on her delicate high cheekbones. Above the cheekbones her eyes were ice blue and steady belying the eighty years of this statuesque woman. Her demeanor exhibited and commanded an aura of aristocracy. Kathleens throat tightened and felt dry. She trembled slightly as she spoke. She was a reasonably intelligent thirty-eight-year-old woman quite capable of comprehending all that had been depicted and yet the shocking concept of the old womans claim was loathsome and incredulous. Acceptance of such cruel allegations against her grandmother whom she so admired was totally denied. In this emotionally charged family saga Kathleen is shocked to learn of her grandmothers wicked past from her Great Aunt Rose. As if the shocking revelations arent hard enough for Kathleen to deal with she is forced to make a decision that will determine the course of her future.