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Aurelle didn’t want her mom coming to the cottage. She was anxious about her seeing Diana, and wanted to avoid any kind of confrontation, let alone draw more attention to all of them. She knew Marianne was furious about the paintings and her worst fear was that the two of them would fight. She had visions of Diana storming out, leaving her to waste away alone or wander aimlessly and without any purpose. She didn’t know who she was anymore, not really. She couldn’t make sense of her feelings. But Diana needed her, at least as a muse, and that made her feel like she was on firmer ground. She didn’t tell Diana her mom was coming, something she couldn’t have imagined hiding a few short months ago.
She did a line of coke the morning of the visit, and took a pill from one of the many bottl
