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feel very alive.”
    Suzie smiled at that. It reassured her to think that something about all the work they were doing was creat ing some kind of healing for Mary. As Suzie dialed the number on the business card she stepped outside onto the wraparound porch to make the call. As she walked around behind the large building she found herself awestruck by the deep blue of the water against the pale blue of the sky. It seemed to grab the core of her and give it a sharp shake to see something so beautiful. It wasn't that she hadn't seen beautiful things before, but the combination of the salty air, and distant intangible memories of her youth was a powerful force.
    “ Hello?” Jason's voice jarred her from her thoughts. She blinked twice before she even remembered that she had called him.
    “ Hi, Jason it's Suzie,” she paused a moment and then added. “Your cousin.”
    “ I remember,” Jason chuckled a little into the phone. “What can I help you with?”
    Suzie smiled at the question. It was endearing for someone to automatically offer to help.
    “Actually, I think I have something that might help you,” Suzie replied as she flipped the business card between her fingers. “Mary and I were pulling up the carpets in the living room and we came across a hidden safe. Did you know about that?”
    “ A hidden safe?” Jason repeated hesitantly. “I've never known my father to have a safe.”
    “ Well, it was there,” Suzie replied. “Inside were only some documents regarding the property and some old vehicles, but also a key to a safety deposit box.”
    “ Oh?” Jason's voice had dropped in tone quite a few octaves.
    “ Well, your father left the contents of the house to me, but I'm sure he intended for you to have whatever was in the safe and the deposit box that this key must open,” she explained. “So, would you like to come pick it up?”
    “ Uh, at the house?” he asked, his voice still awkward.
    “ If you don't mind,” Suzie replied with a touch of confusion. “I'm covered in dust and carpet fibers, so I'm not exactly presentable to the public. If you'd rather I could meet you somewhere later after I've had time to clean myself up.”
    “ No,” he paused a long moment and Suzie wondered if the call might have been dropped. Right when she was about to check the connection, he spoke up. “I'll come over,” he replied reluctantly as if it was the worst thing he could imagine. “Just, do me a favor and meet me outside, okay?”
    “ Sure, Jason,” she replied with a softer voice. “Just text me when you get here.”
    “ I will,” he replied before hanging up.
    Suzie stared down at the phone for a moment. She found it very odd that Jason was so opposed to stepping into the house. She had just been marvelling over the beauty that could be seen from the porch she was standing on, but Jason acted as if he'd rather be anywhere else on earth. She could understand that since his father had recently passed in the home there might be some underlying grief that caused his dislike of the place, but still, something seemed off about it. When she walked back into the living room she found that Mary had already rolled up the remainder of the carpet.
    “ Wow!” Suzie exclaimed with a laugh, her blue eyes dancing as they swept over the bare wooden floors. “If I had known you could do all this yourself I would have been sitting on the porch with an iced tea.”
    “ Ha, ha,” Mary panted out as she struggled to her feet. “I think I might have overestimated the youth of my back.”
    “ Well, then it's to the porch with you, young lady,” Suzie said sternly. “I'll bring you some iced tea. You will not believe the view,” she sighed with pleasure at the recollection of it.
    “ Did you talk to Jason?” Mary asked as she dusted off her hands.
    “ Yes,” Suzie replied and bit her lip lightly as she wondered if she should share how strange she found her cousin. “He's going to come by to pick up the