Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

slippers, looking completely lost,” Nicole said. “She called Julian because she was worried you were going to wander into the street.”

I opened my mouth to tell her that I had only been retrieving a wet package from the courier, but the words tangled in my throat.

“You are forgetting things, Clara,” she whispered, her voice softening into a pity that continue reading …