[EVIE]
When Mom returns from her sudden drive to God knows where, she looks positively uplifted. She’s not smiling, but her steps are quicker, surer. And she looks hopeful. I can only wonder where she went, and what happened there.
It makes me look back on our conversation after she found me crying in my bed. So embarrassing, I realise. I was crying bitterly like a child. And Mom didn’t ask me to grow the f**k up. She was gentle as always, empathetic, because that’s how it is in this family. That’s probably how Grammy was with her. Understanding, attentive—and sometimes that’s all it takes for you to realise that a trouble that seemed earth-shattering was just… exaggerated.
This is the second time something Kiara has done and said has ruined my mood. She has tried to create a rift bet
