“It’s also language.

Your daughter may have been trying to communicate all along.”

He rested a hand on the closed piano.

“Rosalind was the parent who noticed.

I was always at the port.

When she died, Vivian told me it was better to keep Pearl’s routine strict.

I wanted someone to have an answer.”

“Being desperate for an answer doesn’t mean you’re incapable of hearing a different one.”