She didn’t want to consider her stepmother’s feelings. She was too busy dealing with her own

“What happened to the house you want to buy?” Miri asked her mother.
“Well, you know we were called home, so Ta never did end up seeing it.”
“Are you going to show it to him?”
“Actually, yes, tonight, in about a half hour.”
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