Chapter 29

• IRENE
• Her face brightened up when she saw me and my heart couldn't contain itself. I felt a rush of emotion just staring at her face again. Time had done her well. In just five years, my aunt had aged like fine wine. She looked even more beautiful with the wrinkles around the corners of her mouth and her eyes.
• "Oh, don't look at me like that," she scoffed as she rose to her feet, staring at me with glassy eyes. "You're the one who looks too good to be true." She spread her arms wide, "Come here, Irene-"