Chapter 18
“You can come next week?” Violet asked, her phone tucked between her chin and shoulder as she tossed an empty box in the recycling bin under the sink.
“Is that too soon?” her mother asked in return.
“No, I’ll have to rush a bit to get things lined out at work, but it should be fine.”
“Oh good. I was worried, but your father said the price for the plane tickets is only good until midnight. We’ll have a whole week there!”
Violet adjusted the burner under the pasta, which was at a rolling boil, and turned to walk to the windows. “It’ll be great to see you, Mom. Anything in particular you want to do while you’re here?”
One thing she loved about her parents was they were easy visitors. They preferred to stay in a hotel, which freed her from having to worry about hosting them an
