“Now, Belle. Let’s be considerate. Let’s think of the other person first.” Silence. He thought she might have walked away from the phone. “Belle?” “I heard you. Do you know why Dad said that crap about thinking of the other one first? Always be considerate?” “Because he was kind and—” “Because he was scared. He was scared to have an opinion. The only opinion that ever mattered in that house was Mother’s. What he meant was, Always think of Margaret Caskey first, because if you don’t, God help you.”
