Chapter 26Violet opened the brightly wrapped box. She feigned a smile when she saw the gift contained purple yoga jacket from Lululemon lined with lilac coloured tissue paper.
“Oh, Kat,” she said, holding the jacket up to her chest. “It’s perfect. Just the right fit!”
“You like it?” Katrina said, scrunching up her nose. “Dawn and I picked it out. Melanie remembered your size because it’s Mel and—”
“I love it.” Violet rose from her seated position on Katrina’s carpeted floor. She wrapped her arms around Violet, and then Violet moved to hug Kim, Katrina’s wife. She’d arrived at their small Christmas Eve gathering the night before with the intent to just drop off a bottle of wine and then head home to crash in front of some bad movies. When Kim insisted that she stay the night, and open he
