She turned toward him, trying to place the word, but he had already composed himself, staring firmly out the window. Elise let it go. It was probably nothing, just her mind playing tricks and connecting things that had no connection.
A little later, while searching her phone for a video, Mara accidentally opened a folder of old family photos. Elise leaned in, wanting to see which memory her daughter had stumbled on. Sunlit images of holidays and birthdays scrolled past in rapid succession.