Chapter 31The two women staggered toward the chapel, hanging onto each other. They entered the tiny room furnished with a small altar, a cross, and chairs. Cameron stayed in the waiting area.
“Nothing short of his own demise could convince him to leave that spot now,” Mona said.
Inside the sanctuary, they held hands and prayed silently in their own ways. Rachael's eyes were closed. Tears poured silently from between her lashes and ran down her face and neck. After a while, Mona slipped out of the room.
Rachael returned to the waiting area and stood quietly at the windows. Mona and Cameron slugged down black coffee and consoled one another.
The eleven o'clock news began to air. The news flash was the accident that happened earlier in the day on Dolores Street in the Noe Valley District.
