My hand shook as I reached for the doorhandle. The last time I was here, I had come face to face with psycho Nonna, but I had made a promise to Noemi before I ever met Nonna, and I took pride in keeping my promises. Even if it terrified me to my very core.
“Good afternoon.” Noemi waved me inside. “I can’t thank you enough for doing this. I just feel so terrible for the young girl having no one to talk to.”
“I understand the feeling and don’t mind at all.”
“Good.” She pointed to the back yard. “She spends a lot of time in the garden. She enjoys the butterflies.” She looked over her shoulder as though someone was watching. “I’ll leave you two alone, then.”
Okay…I felt incredibly awkward, but I was starting to realize this might be the norm for this house. I headed down, deep into the gar
