Fifteen
“I need to get this over with,” I announced, having filled William and Mika in on what we’d discovered last night.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Mika asked.
My immediate response was to say no. But that isn't fair to her, especially as a part of me did want the company. While I’d known where Daisy's bones were for most of my life, I'd never visited them. It had been too painful.
"Yes, please," I whispered.
Mika nodded and rose to her feet from the comfortable sofa. Part of me wished I didn't need the moral support. Grandmother would have preferred it if I'd gone through with this on my own. But I wasn't her. I needed other people in a way she never had. In some ways, I envied her for being able to get through life like that.
I pushed those thoughts aside. It was a waste
