“Look at my cousin,” Paul Bailey-Green said as he stepped back from the hug that he’d cocooned Reesa in. “I heard you went overseas. What’d you bring me?”

“To paraphrase Janie Mae Crawford: Myself.”

“Little cheap if you ask me.”

Reesa’s Aunt Ivy put her hands on her hips, and the stance, along with her overall appearance, made her niece do a double take. Apart from the signs of Hazel’s illness, their ties as identical twins were ...