“People too?”

I swallowed. “Yes. People too.”

He considered my answer, then patted the soil around the seed.

That evening, Hannah called to say the children had been tired but happy.

Rose had told her that Eleanor smelled like orange soap.

Elias had asked whether I might help build a wooden shelf for the new greenhouse.

“I don’t know how,” I admitted.

“The maintenance team does,” Hannah said.