Chapter 43Lina
Wearing the blue sweater and matching scarf and pants, Lina felt like a million dollars as she walked up the driveway to Emery’s parents’ house. Emery’s mom opened the door before Emery could put her key in.
“Merry Christmas, Mrs. Caswell!” Lina handed her the small package of cookies she’d baked a few days before. She’d saved a little container from one of the food parcels Emery’s mom had sent and put a small bow on it, having scavenged it from something Emery had brought and was shockingly going to dispose of. “Thank you so very much for the clothes you bought me. They are ever so lovely. May I hug you?”
Not really waiting for an answer, she put her arm around the shorter woman in an embrace as polite as she would’ve given her landlady, surprised when Emery’s mom squeez
