As I near the house I see Jake and Jansen standing near the house talking. They’re both relaxed and smiling. My heart swells with love and affection and gratitude.
Rosa appears at the front door, throwing it open and flying out. Uh oh. What’s got her undies in a tangle? I park and slide out of the car.
“Bee!” she calls to me.
“What?”
“We have to go! To the sheriff’s office!”
“Oh my God. What now?” I just left Uncle Geno. Surely he isn’t up to more nonsense already!
“It’s Allegra!”
My feet stop dead and I gape at Rosa. “What?”
“She’s here! She’s home. She’s at the sheriff’s office!”
I throw my hands in the air. “You have got to be kidding me. What has she done now?”
“I don’t know,” Rosa frets. “But we have to go pick her up.”
I take a breath and look at the beauty around me once more. This is my legacy. This land, these vines…these women. My sisters. We may not always agree but we’ll always be sisters. And we’ll always be there for each other. Even if it’s bailing one of us out of jail.
“Let’s go.”
