Graceful Acceptance

Mia did not stop to argue with her grandfather.

Having lived here for years, she knew all too well that he would just talk her to death.

She pulled Hazel along and left Caldwell Manor, getting into their car that took them back to Hazel's apartment.

Hazel did not say a word along the way and was so silent.

Mia was not good at figuring out people or she could have avoided being so thoroughly wound