Before all else, Simone went to the cemetery. She knelt in front of her mother’s grave, wept as she told her everything, and asked for her guidance.
“Hello, mom. It’s been a while, huh? I told you before that Will and I are now a thing, right? Well, I have reason to believe that I might be pregnant, though I truly hope it’s all in my head. I wonder how you would have felt had you been here in these times. Would you have approved of us or on the contrary given us the stink eye and the cold shoulder?” She paused after for a moment, sniffling and doing her best to wipe away the tears that refused to stop.
“Heavens, how I wish you were here! But you’re not, and cemetery visits kill me each time, but I had to see you. I had to tell you.” She inhaled deeply, trying to steel herself, so she wou
