Chapter 3“A mystery quilt!” Holly exclaims when Emma gives her the rundown on her visit with Lettie Byers. They’re in the middle of their weekly Thursday afternoon phone call and Emma can just see her sister, done with her teaching duties for the day, sipping a cup of coffee from the student union, feet up on her desk. “What an amazing thing to find in your attic. When are you going to take it to have it looked at?”
“I don’t know,” Emma says. She’s sitting at the kitchen table, doing her best to ignore the day’s dishes piled in the sink. “I’m so busy right now, I haven’t had time to think about it.”
“You sound sort of hesitant,” Holly observes, shifting into full psych professor mode. “What’s going on inside that brain of yours?”
“I’m not hesitant,” Emma says. “I told you — I’m busy. I’
