Bearclaw Valley i don't wanna share this space

she wondered how much her mother liked this man.

it must be a lot, she figured, to come away with him with her girls. she didn't begrudge him. in fact she was far too tired to conjure any deeper thoughts or feelings about it.

he was nice.

mother liked him.

the world was out of her control.

her eyes did not open just yet. not really, she confessed to him in a low and soft voice. just...kind of tired. and this was an answer she had likely given adults far too much for it to be the only thing going on.