Buried Origins

Lenora didn't move from the doorway.

The old woman stood outside with the manner of someone accustomed to waiting, who needed no invitation to feel her presence was legitimate.

"My mother," said Lenora.

"Yes," said the old woman.

"Our birth mother," said Lenora. "Mine and Leona's."

"Yes," said the woman.

Lenora looked at her for several seconds.

Someone who had known Lenora and Leona's birth mothe