Chapter 18: Camille's Garden

Camille found Wren alone in the Marchetti rose garden on a quiet Sunday afternoon, tending to the tail end of a fall bloom out of habit more than necessity, a small private ritual she'd kept up alone since her father-in-law's death, and Wren, walking up from the shared crush facility on her way to return a borrowed tool, nearly turned back rather than intrude — until Camille looked up and waved he...