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Melissa had no idea her grandmother was there, despite her name being called repeatedly, until a hand landed on her shoulder. The touch shocked her out of her reverie so violently that she jumped visibly.
“I’m sorry,” Constance apologised as she sank onto the pew next to her granddaughter. “I didn’t mean to make you jump. You didn’t seem to know I was here.”
“I didn’t,” Melissa said with an apologetic smile. “I was lost in my own little world. I started off in the café, and the next thing I knew, I was in here.”
“It must be serious, whatever it is that’s got you thinking so hard, I don’t normally see you in here.” Constance meant it only as a general comment but couldn’t help sounding faintly accusatory as she looked around the nearly empty church. “I don’t see many people in here d
