NORA
The garden was the only place that made sense to me since all these things began.
I spread the blanket under the oak tree near the south wall, the one with the thick branches that blocked out most of the evening light, lowered Eli onto it,I watched as he immediately grab a fistful of grass with both hands.
"Don't eat that," I said, staring at him .
He looked at me and put it in his mouth.
"Eli,"
He took it out, looked at it, put it back in, without hesitating.
I reached over, removed it, and replaced it with the small wooden toy Wren had brought him last week. He examined it for exactly three seconds before dropping it and reaching for more grass.
I leaned back on my hands.
The evening air was cool, the pack was very quiet at this hour, most people were either fin
