CHAPTER TWO
My heart
Is sad and lonely
For you I sigh
For you dear only
Why haven't you
Seen it?
I'm all for you
Body and soul
Sarah Vaughan had just finished singing that stanza of lyrics on the song Body and Soul when Susan knocked on Summer's front door. Summer grabbed the remote, turned down the volume on the stereo, and rushed to the door.
"Mãe!" Summer squealed, embracing her mother as soon as she opened the door. Susan dropped the carry-on bags she was holding and returned the hug. She was almost the spitting image of her daughter, with barely a line on her face to tell her sixty years, and auburn and black hair as bountiful as someone half her age. The years, and Cicely's home cooking, had taken a toll on her figure, for she was no longer as svelte as she was back i
