On Her Own Terms

Chapter 283. Lucia's Call.

SIENNA

Lucia called on a Thursday afternoon, in the middle of an ordinary week. It had

simply become my life somewhere along the way, to see Leo at school. The garden was bright with early summer. It was a very unremarkable period of days that no longer required bracing for the next crisis.

"I have actual good news," she said, by way of greeting. "It is the kind of go