The Only Door That Opened When the Others Closed

any more paperwork.”

“What did he say to that?” Ivy asked.

“He cleared his throat,” Carol said. “Then he hung up.”

Ivy felt a strange, quiet distance when she thought of Arthur now, as if he were a character in a book she had finished reading a long time ago.

The letters from Tanya had stopped too, after Ivy had sent a single, short note continue reading …