Chapter 5: KerstinOnce she’d moved into her mom’s house 24/7, the two of them settled into a routine quicker than Kerstin would’ve thought possible. But then she’d already spent most of her daytime hours there recently. The only difference was that now Ralf, after coming for dinner three times a week, had to either stay afterwards or spend his evenings without her.
Days blended into one another as her mom gradually declined and Kerstin just as gradually took over most, and eventually all, of the housework and outdoor chores. Had she feared at first that Ralf’s and her place would suffer from her absence, she soon discovered that Ralf not only claimed to keep up with everything well enough but actually did. He didn’t cook, of course—he never had—but between eating on campus and eating at h
