“And not let his parents constantly come to the city to look for him and bother him. His siblings get it, too. He’s the biggest earner in their family, so if they allow their parents to come bother him every day, it’ll affect his earnings, and it’ll be their loss, too.”

After another pause, Mary continued, “My parents are about the same, so I get it. I can handle anything that comes up.

“Thank you for your concern, though.”

They were all adults, after all. She would not regret her choice of m