“The other side of the doors are different. I don’t go to most of them. I don’t want to change.”
“Melissa does. I mean, she likes the doors.”
“She married family before she even knew the family existed.”
“Okay, that makes sense.”
“Of course, it makes sense. Only, what do you want to do? Give the key to Melissa and …?”
“I want my own life, not my mother’s.”
“Fair enough,” said Rachel. “The fellowship?”
“I’m stuck with it. Zelda needs my car,” Bettina explained. “I don’t want it. I’ll never know how much was me and how much was my mother.”
“I’ll take care of that. You take the train and go home.”
“I thought the station was moribund.”
“Tourist train once a week. Today’s Thursday, so it’s this arvo. I’ll get you on it, if you want.”
“I want,” Bettina said fervently. “I can’t carry e
