I had spent the whole service pretending not to watch her.
She stood at the back in a long black coat, silver rings catching the light along one eyebrow and her nose. I’d seen her sitting at Mom’s kitchen table every Saturday for months like she belonged there.
I’d never understood why.
She stood at the back in a long black coat.
Now my mother was gone, and Raven was walking toward me with one hand closed around something.
« Maeve. »
I turned.
Her eyes were swollen.