Chapter Thirty Six

Ruby

I pulled the letter from the crumpled envelope. It looked as if someone wrote it in a hurry with it being on lined paper. It had a wax stamp on it which looked out of place in this century. I squinted my eyes to read the narrow slanted writing. I mean, who writes letters anymore?

My eyes scanned the letter, stopping at words like packs, heir, and title. I knew Dad was married before, but he never talked about his late wife. I didn’t even know her name was Vanessa. It doesn’t mention me anywhere in the letter so maybe they didn’t know everything.

Dad sure seemed keen on going back. He told me that he originally came from Montana but moved to Colorado shortly after his first wife died. I didn’t know these people. Mom was right when she said he never talked about his family because he didn’t. I di