Miss Goody Two Shoes
—she wagged a finger—“he has made me a fisher of men.”
Hazel tsked. “You and your Father Brown.”
Cole nodded, blinking away an unexpected rush of tears, suddenly desperately glad to be home, where affection and understanding were so very certain. For as long as she could remember, their household had been locked into this protracted war over their favorite fictional detectives. Hazel’s husband, Rabbie, was Switzerland, the neutral party just like always, Hazel was a massive Holmes buff, and Cole and her mother loved Father Brown.
Cole could remember her mother reading to her when they still lived with Dad, her voice in the dark, whispering these stories of good and evil, hope and compassion.
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