On the Atlantic coast of Maine, humans struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment. Marsha Wellston spends her entire trust fund to provide for her mother at the Colonial Manor. Once a Summer haven for Northeast elite, the Manor's ownership found a new purpose in housing the most affluent in their last days. Marsha travels to the Manor on her mother's graduation day, believing her mother makes a journey to the great beyond. Ten years before, Mary Hadley had applied for entrance in her sixty-ninth year. Today Mrs. Hadley on her 70th birthday passes through the big door.
2,350+ words, 1988 story of love, hat and retribution.