Chapter Thirty-Five
From: Alivia Howard
Sent: Mon 28 Mar, 0:39 am
To: Sarah Henley
Subject: Trying to think of something wacky, but I’m just not feeling it
Dear Sarah
My parents swooped in this morning for an impromptu visit. I’ve been selfish and preoccupied lately, and I kinda haven’t been paying attention to what’s going on between them. Things seem to be—as surprising as it sounds—much better. They hold hands a lot, which they’ve never done before, and when they laugh they sound genuinely happy. Apparently they’ve dealt with a lot of stuff over the past few weeks. Dad’s affair was just the beginning of it. I guess they had a whole marriage of issues to work through—not that they gave me details, and that’s fine.
They’re heading off to Mauritius on Friday to spend some quality
