Rekindled Romance

Cora

“No, Vera. I want to chat with my mom a little more.”

She nodded, giving her a small wave. They’d gotten very much acquainted over the past week while I mourned my father. Vera started to make her way back into the house, then stopped. “Rocco said he’ll drop by later. He wants to see you.”

I caught the change in my mother’s expression before she tried to mask it. My jaw dropped open. I looked