..............which causes me to wonder what her truth may have been. Austere and intimidating she might have been to many, but I suspect her family had an excellent counselor in her. I think she may have been the one person they knew they could trust with 'stuff' they couldn't share with anyone else, and what they told her, they could be confident would remain with her. It takes me back to what she said -or more what she didn't say- when told of the tragedy. She never asked about Jeremy. She did, however, claim it to be the Devil at work, so I'm wondering did June take any concerns she might have had, regarding Jeremy -AND Sheila- to her mother?
Now, I know it's constantly being said how much June adored Jeremy, but I can find no evidence of her ever saying such to friends of her own generation, and it seems entirely out of keeping with her personality for her to share this sort of information with the younger generation. It was more her style, because neither of her children gave her an easy ride, to say nothing.............except, perhaps, to her mother. I believe it's entirely feasible that she'd have offloaded any concerns -however dark- to the old lady, MAYBE even admitting her mother could have been right about her adopting and how it hadn't been the success she'd hoped for............
................There remains then, surely, the possibility that other family members may have taken their concerns, regarding Jeremy, the farm, his part in it, THEIR future, to her?