CASEY WALKER For the farewell trip, Elle and I arrived at the house to find Matthew and John already unpacking in their bedrooms. I stood for a moment in my mother’s study. It was still filled with her legal books and paperback mysteries. Someone would have to sort those books, discard them, and probably the job would be mine.| The Common
ELSA LYONS Then I understood. Ellen was translucent. It wasn’t just her skin; all of her was less solid, almost ghostly. One day she might be totally transparent. And then what? How could Dr. Lopez have missed this? And Andrew? Well, it was still very slight. Maybe only a mother could notice something so subtle.| The Common