Chapter 26 - KELLER EASTER
Richard died at eighty-four.
Heart failure.
No hidden will.
No last-minute company scheme.
Eleanor lived another five years.
Katherine and I handled arrangements together.
Civilly.
Not warmly.
Clara attended Richard’s funeral by choice.
She skipped Eleanor’s because she was overseas.
No one accused her of disrespect.
Progress.
Keller Heritage continued without any Keller in executive management.
The name stayed because customers knew it.
By then it was only branding.
Not authority.
I retired from Marroway’s managing role at fifty-two.
Daniel Hayes became chair.
I remained an investor.
Clara became an architect.
Not finance.
Not furniture.
She specialized in public libraries and schools.
“I like designing places where nobody needs to buy anything to sit down.”
May you like
I pretended not to hear the symbolism.
She rolled her eyes.
