Page 10 of On My Side (Quiblings #3)

Ren

Mom

Hi, love. Do you mind stopping at Stop I want to stay and keep talking to her, keep learning about her. I want to ask about her aunt’s death, and Piper’s first word. I want to know her.

“I, um. I have to get to the inn,” Audrey says. “I hate to kick you out.”

“Can I at least wash the dishes?” I ask.

“You don’t have to do that.”

“I want to do it.”

She smiles softly, but like the Audrey in the photo, it doesn’t meet her eyes.

I wonder what it’ll take for her eyes to glimmer again, for her to remember the secret that only she knew.

I don’t know, but I’m determined to find out.