“He’s going to fight this.”
“He will,” she agreed.People & Society
“Which is why we move before he knows we’re moving.” She closed her notepad.
“I’m going to make a call this afternoon.
I want you both to go home, act normally, and do not confront him.
Do not give him any indication that anything has changed.”
“He’s already suspicious,” Ava said.Writers Resources
“He cornered me last night.”
Patricia looked up sharply.
“What did he say?”
“He said I could talk to him about anything.
He was checking whether I’d told her.” Ava nodded toward me.
“He does that.
He asks soft questions and watches your face.”
“Then we move tonight.” Patricia stood.
“Go home.
Make dinner.
I’ll call you by eight.”Food & Drink
We drove home in near silence.
Ava stared out the passenger window.
I kept both hands on the wheel and thought about the first year after Chloe’s passing — how Daniel had held me while I cried, how he had spoken at her memorial, how he had said her name like it cost him something.
