“Bought a ridiculous cake.

Too much frosting.

She would have complained about the price and eaten half of it.”

Paige said she had invited two friends over that evening.

They didn’t know every detail of her sister’s illness, and she was glad not to have to tell the story all over again.

Thomas had planned to visit the garden where he and Chloe used to grow tomatoes.

He said the plants were doing better than they ever had when she was alive, which he considered a personal insult.