Matthew’s POV- I helped Eilith back to bed after dinner, before I went to talk with my mother. She wanted to talk with me about something. She wasn’t one hundred percent clear about what she wanted to talk with me about. Eilith was worried about what my mother wanted to say. I don’t think she wants to stay in the house I grew up in anymore, and neither would I, after my father was murdered inside it. I had a clean-up crew go in there after it happened, but neither my mother nor I have stepped back there since the day it happened. Once Eilith was settled, I went to find my mother in the kitchen. While she has been staying with Eilith and I, she has taken it upon herself to cook and clean a lot. We were both grateful, but neither of us wanted her to have to do that. She cooked dinner for

