64-Morning drama

“Okay, you have to get yourself together now, we are close.” Francis told me, his voice a bit calm now. “You can’t go back looking like our grandmother just died.”

I was still sobbing, I wiped my face with my hands but that only did half the job my face and hands still felt wet.

“I hope they are all sleeping already.” Francis told me. “Wipe your face properly.”

I tried again.

“Okay, do I have any…” Francis began searching in his glove compartment. He closed it. “No I don’t have any tissues. We can go back to the nearest pharmacy and buy tissues.”

I didn’t say anything, just supported my head with one hand and continued thinking about everything Yoké said to me.

“If we go to the pharmacy, that would just look weird. We can’t go to the pharmacy at