Chapter Twenty-SevenSea Scope: Present day
Even though Wanda had asked everyone to sit, the group, except for Mother who sat at the table, remained standing in a circle. Carolyn moved close to Russell. Aunt Julie stood next to Wanda as if to support her.
Wanda took a breath and began. “It's about my daughter Wendy.”
The room was silent except for Mother's quiet sobs. She'd grabbed a napkin from one of the place settings and was dabbing at her eyes.
“What about Wendy?” Russ probed when the silence grew too long. “I haven't seen her in years. Even though I knew you two still lived in Cape Bretton, I never thought about dropping by to see you. I guess I wanted to erase the bad memories of that summer.”
Wanda nodded. “We all wanted to do that. I thought Wendy had, but after Sarah and her
