Silent Offerings

The idea started with Maya, the way most things did.

She came downstairs on the morning of Damon's birthday with her coat already on and her keys in her hand, and she stood in the kitchen doorway and said to Jonah and Willa: "We should go and see him today."

They had both understood immediately. Neither of them asked who she meant.

Jonah looked at his coffee cup. Willa looked at Maya. Then Willa n