“I won’t.”

Mia carried it to the table and began deciding where it belonged.

EPILOGUE — The Crooked Handle

At 7:10 on another Monday morning, Mia held two blue cups against her chest and frowned at them as though one had done something wrong.

Her mother was checking an appointment card while closing a lunch bag.

“The darker one,” Mia said.

“This?”

“The other dark one.”