Chapter 171

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 him."

I...