Chapter 24 - GRACE AND CAROLINE

Grace never called Caroline Mom.
Nobody asked.
She called her Caroline.
At sixteen:
“Would you be offended if I wore Mom’s locket to prom?”
Caroline answered:
“Why would I?”
Grace looked at me.
I pretended not to notice.
Later Caroline whispered:
“That question had history.”
“Yes.”
She touched my arm.
“I’m sorry.”
May you like
Not for Evelyn.
For the fact our daughter had learned to ask permission for memory.