KRISTEN

Yes, something happened... something I never envisaged...

I smiled at Edith. "How do you know that something happened?"

"People don't just shut love away like this. Something must have happened."

I had no idea I had finished my food until I dug into the plate and lifted an empty spoon. I let the spoon go.

"And how do you know I shut love away?" I asked. Am I a glass fence?

"Kristen, I'm not a baby, you know. I hear and see things. It's clear that ...