Chapter 36 Olivia
Marie warned me her family would arrive at the house today, so I’ve been prepared for weeks, yet it feels strange to see people there that are not her. Last summer, any of the Dievarts arriving was but a tiny blip on my radar, something to shrug off. This summer, everything’s different. It makes me feel ill at ease to have Marie’s family so close by while she’s far away. She told me that she has confided in her sister about us and the thought that someone in the house around the corner knows about my existence, and my relation to her sister, makes me walk on eggshells in my own home.
Marie calls me every day now, sometimes more than once, and I make a mental note to ask her about the best way to behave now that her family is here.
I’m sitting outside in my rocking chai
