Chapter 23 ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

Helena Finch arrived with two covered dishes, a basket of bread, and the expression she reserved for situations she had already decided were being mishandled.

I saw it before she stepped through the cottage door.

“You look exhausted.”

“Hello to you too, Mother.”

Helena kissed my cheek, pressed t...