Caroline fetched a dishcloth and handed Violet one end.

“Team cleanup,” she announced.

Violet dabbed the table, and Nora stood beside them looking almost astonished at how quickly the moment ended.

At night Caroline found an old notebook in the hallway.

Nora had filled the first pages with lists: medication times, the number of steps between the bedroom and the bathroom, the location of the spare telephone charger, and instructions for finding Caroline if the power went out.

She had written DO NOT FORGET in large letters over the page.