Coraline Dad Button Eyes Novels & Stories

Painted in a soft peach, the natural limestone in the rock catches the sun just right and makes the coral appear to shift in colour. I smile up at the two emotional sets of eyes that watch Lemuel and I approach with bated breath. My mother stands tall and statuesque, a vision in an ivory jumpsuit with a lace bodice with a thick, flowing cape that cascades down the front and back of her body like the snow on a tall mountain. Her hair is pinned up in a high bun holding her crown firmly in place while around her neck hangs a diamond necklace with a teardrop pearl and matching earrings hanging gracefully from her ears. Her perfectly manicured ivory almond nails quickly wipe away a stray tear tha