39Don’t you miss Daphne and Sabrina?
My mom tried to take care of Riva, bringing her soup and corn bread. But the kitchen was already full of casseroles, for a family that could not possibly eat.
So Mom just held Riva while she sobbed and listened to her memories, her regrets and her questions. Riva had told everyone that Skye died of heart failure, probably because the idea of her killing herself was too much for her to bear. I swore to Riva that it was an accident. I needed a way to prove it.
I remembered Skye taking her journal into the closet, so I went to look for it. At first, I just collapsed on the floor, breathing in the scent of her clothes. It made no sense that she was gone and all of her T-shirts and skirts were in a messy pile, waiting for her to wear.
Her elephant collec
