Chapter 41Lina
Lina’s hands were shaking so hard as she changed into her dress that she had trouble with the buttons. After brushing her hair and tying it back neatly with a piece of ribbon she’d found discarded in one of the wastebaskets, she lingered in front of the mirror a moment longer.
Chin up, she reprimanded herself as sternly as she would’ve one of her pupils. You have done nothing wrong. Allowing a woman to kiss you on the mouth was not a crime, not in this age where anything seemed permitted between two women.
Then why was she feeling so guilty?
With an exasperated sigh she turned from the looking glass and marched back into the kitchen.
“I’m ready. What time is the service starting?”
“What service?”
“Why, church, of course. Christmas Day Mass.”
“I thought Kim took you l
