Claire’s Sisters
Chapter 19 - Claire’s Sisters
On the fifth anniversary of Claire’s death, Amelia took Oliver and Jonathan to the lake where the locket photograph had been made.
She brought a box of Claire’s letters.
Some were angry.
Some funny.
One described meeting Jonathan:
He talks like every problem is waiting to become a spreadsheet, but he listens when I make him slow down.
Jonathan smiled painfully.
Claire had seen both his strength and his danger.
Oliver asked whether Amelia wished Claire had told everyone about her.
“Yes.”
“Why didn’t she?”
“Fear. Legal problems. Family pride. People can love one another and still make silence too large.”
Oliver placed the locket beside the water.
He did not leave it there.
May you like
Objects did not need to be surrendered to prove grief.
He wore it home.
