Chapter 48

There is a knock on the door, so I open it to find Evangeline standing on the porch, looking depressed but different than at dinner last night. Immediately I urge her to come in, but she asks to walk with me outside. Together, we head off slowly in a random direction. The sun is beginning to fall.

"How's your day been?" I ask, surprised that she came to me in the first place.

"You told my son to talk to me," she says, getting right to the point. "Thank you for caring for...