Chapter 54Emery
“Now, that’s something I never expected to hear from you, Emery. You wanting my advice, especially on a spiritual matter.” Emery’s mom poured them each a cup of peppermint tea she’d gotten from one of her church ladies. “Does it have anything to do with why you looked like death warmed over when you came back from seeing Lina?”
Emery folded and unfolded the paper napkin in front of her until her mom finally put both her hands over Emery’s and stilled them. Emery looked up and met her mother’s concerned eyes, but she only heaved a dramatic sigh.
“Honey. What on earth happened?”
Emery drew in another huge breath and released it slowly, then shook her head. “We were having a perfectly nice day. I mean, I should’ve known better, but I wanted one day where everything was ple
