Sarai stared at Jay’s ashes. She HAD made a promise to her husband. He had said that, if anything should happen to him, he wanted his ashes spread on the west pasture of the Dandridge Farm just outside of East Bernard, Texas. This small town is located about fifty miles to the west of Houston. It is a two-hour drive from Huntsville, though. When questioned, Jay just said that it was an important place where he and his father had had the most important conversation of his life.
Sarai pulled herself together and called J.R. He had been, she knew, ordained as a minister in the Unitarian Church while in South America. It was J.R., the man whom she fondly referred to as her nephew (even though they were not related by blood) who had introduced her to the man with whom she spent the best twenty-five years of her life. He was the obvious choice to officiate the memorial service. The fact that he and Jay were close friends made the decision a “no-brainer.”
After making some phone calls, J.R. agreed to conduct the ceremony and to drive his “Aunt Sarai” the two-hour drive from Huntsville to the old Dandridge Farm. When they arrived, Sarai was surprised to see Jay’s whole family and his high school girlfriend waiting for them at the farm. J.R. then took the podium and began the service….
This is from the fifth and final book of the "Magruder Mysteries series. The book tells details of the story of first-grade detective James David "Jay" Magruder's life, from the perspective of his family and friends.
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