lily sat down across from her. “Did you sleep properly ultimate night?” she asked, pouring syrup in a tiny puddle through her pancakes.
Esther had forgotten that her mom dipped each chunk of pancake into syrup. The quirk reminded her of all the bits and pieces of their frequent life; the things that inextricably sure a mother and daughter, whether or not Esther desired these ties or not. “You already asked me that.”
lily's fork clanged on the plate edge. “Tomorrow I'll have in mind to put on a Kevlar vest beneath my nightgown.”
“What am I supposed to do? Be like Caroline-pretend everything is best between us?”
“My relationship with Caroline is now not for you to judge,” lily stated sharply, looking up at her. “You've always concept you knew everything. I used to assume it was a good tr
