Chapter 32 | All Too Well

Violet

It doesn’t take too long to get to Cora’s house. For the most part, the drive was spent in silence, or well not silence, we listened to Charlie’s choice of music the whole drive there. I didn’t mind, he has good taste as we primarily listened to rock, punk rock, and the very occasional country. Honestly, I would’ve listened to songs meant for toddlers if it meant seeing him smile.

By the time we get to Cora’s house it’s after lunch time and neither of us have eaten. Cora is out in her garden like she always is at this time and she stands up with a furrowed brow as she watches our car approach.

Cora doesn’t get visitors often, and it’s even more rare for them to be in a vehicle. A small part of me feels bad for scaring her, but I was in such a rush to get here I forgot to tell her I was coming. She wipes the dirt from her hands as we park and she asks, “Why’d you come in a car, Vi?”

Charlie gets out of the passenger side and she raises an eyebrow in a questioning manner at me