“This is a gift, Sparrow. This is what we believe the church is for. To help those in need. Just say thank you.” She gives me a side hug.
“Uh, thank you.”
“You’ll want to get some groceries, those basics I was telling you about.” She winks. “Bread, milk, peanut butter, popcorn.”
“Popcorn is a basic?” I ask.
“Absolutely, so is chocolate ice cream.”
“Noted.”
Suzy gives me a quick tour of the small house, and I fall in love with it immediately. It will be weird living alone. I’ve never done it before. And I’ll probably cry all in my chocolate ice cream, but at least I have a safe place to be.
We step outside and she hands me the key. “You can move in tonight if you’d like.”
I glance back at the car and frown. “I sort of have one problem with that.”
“What’s that?”
I point to Etta’s c
