EPILOGUE
They fell into a routine easily enough. They started therapy, they shared the duties when it came to cooking meals, they went for walks in the cold, and they did indeed talk about the loved ones they had lost. When they were comfortable enough with their living arrangement, they “re-plugged” (a term Rose used to gear enthusiasm) and started watching TV together. It eerily was like she had a roommate. But every now and then they’d come to a tough topic in conversation or one of them would have a bad dream and they’d end up uncovering the mother-daughter relationship they had kept buried for so long.
Avery was thinking about this turn in their relationship on one of her runs around Walden Pond. It was the only time of the day she allowed herself to be alone. Sometimes her mind wou
