Your dad never told you, and your mom would have a fit if he had, but our family money came originally from Canada in the Nineteen-Twenties, the ‘roaring-twenties’.”
“How so?”
In gallon cans marked maple syrup, but it wasn’t. Made a fortune. Indian xxx Like Al Capone?”
“Nah . Free love and lots of grass and I screwed the three guys in the tent we were sharing. She went on , “Oh, Yes! “Uh . Like Al Capone?”
“Nah . Just keep it quiet ’cause I don’t want you busted for possession.”
I hadn’t considered that aspect, being befuddled by the prospect of swimming in the nude with my own flesh and blood. I looked at her plot, the lawn green, the grass making me emotional and I wept a little.
