The Shape of the Father

The morning after brought something unexpected.

A message from Jude, arriving while Lenora was still in the east wing room, before she had gotten up to make the walk to the kitchen that had become the morning's first movement.

She read it.

Read it again.

Then she got up.

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She found Maeve first — at the kitchen window, as expected, with her cup.

Maeve looked at her when she came in.

Read her fac