Chapter 13

"She's here," Ruth said. "She's been here the whole time." Vanessa stood up so fast the swing banged the wall. She stared at the place where I hung in the air — seeing nothing, I knew, and staring anyway, eyes flooding. "Nora?" My name broke in her mouth. "Nora, if you're there — I finished the blanket. Your blanket. It's hideous, you left the pattern in the bag and I still couldn't follow it, there's a whole row where I just gave up and improvised—" She laughed, sobbing. "Wren sleeps...