Nora POVIvy didn't stay for breakfast.By the time I looked toward the hallway again, she was gone.I didn't ask where she went.The old Nora would have.She would have followed her upstairs, knocked on her door, and asked if everything was alright. She would have worried about the look on Ivy's face and blamed herself for it.I didn't.I had learned something after dying.People rarely showed you the truth when you asked for it.They showed you when they thought you weren't watching.And Ivy had been watching me.So I watched her back.I found her in the sitting room an hour later.She was standing near the window with her phone in her hand. Her back was turned to me, and she looked completely still.Too still.I stopped in the doorway.“Ivy.”She turned quickly.For half a second, something flashed across her face.Fear.Then it disappeared.“Nora.”She smiled.It was the same smile she had used on me for years.Soft.Careful.Almost innocent.“How are you feeling after last night?
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