Returning home together, it seemed a weight had been lifted from the shoulders of my sister. I wasn't the only one to notice during the next couple of weeks. Emily said she couldn't remember her mother smiling as often. It helped she was also not taking anything except the medicine provided. Even Mick and June suggested the new Maggie was a breath of fresh air. We obviously couldn't tell them the real truth about my sister and why everything fell apart, but coming around for dinner one evening, the five of us enjoying a long, pleasant conversation late into the evening.

Emily and I were clearing up later when my...