The weekend that followed was strange.

I did laundry, paid bills, helped Liam finish his cardboard project, and felt as though another version of my life was unfolding somewhere just beyond the edge of what I knew.

PART 5

Brenda arrived ten minutes early.

I recognized her from Evelyn’s photographs before she introduced herself.

She was in her early thirties, with tired eyes and hair tied into a loose knot.