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“More than once, actually”

He sht red-handed “I guess my soul mate had itchy feet She went to the store one day and didn’t coned the papers last week The worst part is that she doesn’t even want to see the girls”

“Oh, Luke How are they doing?”

“Not so good At four and six, they can’t understand all this; they keep asking when she’ll be back It isn’t good, hosts”

“Or a town,” Winona said, wondering how long it would be before she stopped thinking about Dallas every tie She leaned back, staring out at her yard In the falling night everything looked silvery and a little surreal “Maybe you should go see Vivi Ann She could use a shoulder these days”

“You’re the one I came to see,” he said quietly, and the whole of their past was between theht spots and the dark He reached over and took her hand “I was proud of you today”

“Thanks,” she said, surprised by how much the simple compliment meant to her In all the eotten how ht reasons Too bad that only made it hurt more

I never even got to talk to hi there, listening to that bitch lie aboutand they were taking him away in chains

Moh this I promise But how am I supposed to not care that he’s in there alone?

My ht I wish I’d never started all this It hurts too much

“How is she?” Winona asked

“You know Vivi She’s being extra quiet and not going out ain” Aurora paused in her work She was busy creating a counter display for the store “But they’ll be fine It’s only been a week She??ll get better again”

Winona turned away froaze She walked idly around the e to study the pretty trinkets for sale—the blown-glass wind chilass s that depicted the Canal and the mountains

“Maybe we can get her to co up behind her

That was hoould be done, the reparation; they would go back to their routines and in tiotten Almost “Sure”