State of Denial

Audrey listened to Miriam mumbling words such as an apology or other things in front of her the whole time. At first, she was doing her best to comfort her mother, but she grew numb the longer she listened to those hollow words. She couldn't bring herself to answer her mother's words nor did she want to reply to them.

"I have to take the books from Helena." Audrey rose to her feet, ignoring all th