Until Forever Fades

the front door, her b

enc

est bed was empty. The jacket Thalia had borrowed was gone.

o, no

d her, her face gri

bbed her keys without hesitation, and within minutes, they were drivin

," Rosalind whispered, h

r a look. "Wo

at her that morning. The sharpness in her voice. The question

osa, listen to me. She's smart. S

d. Emery squeezed her hand. "And neither do you." Rosalind cl

ia was going to find it herself. Rosalind sat in the passenger

bus stops. No sign of Thalia. Emery sighed as they pulled i

elt numb, her thoughts a storm of

ping s

ven her daughter stra

nd's hands. "Talk to me," she said softly. Rosalind

the steam curling from her cup. "I left him because I tho

s furrowed.

ut then-Richard happened. And I convinced myself that going back would only make thi

ice was careful. "You only gave Richard the cha

"That was the problem. I left over a mistake. A stupid, painful misun

opped loving him." Silence settled between them. Then, Emery sighed. "Well. Seems like Thalia

Daniel put Thalia