*Mae*

Mae stood up, took her sister’s hand, and guided her back to the kitchen. Henry had some feeble attempts at more sandwiches made, and Mae laughed to herself. She kissed Henry on her way to sit down and thanked him. She kept her eyes on him for a moment and beckoned him to sit with them.

Henry took the open seat between the sisters as they started in on their lunch. He glanced back and forth between them as if he was waiting for one of them ...