"I am not making any sense," Juliette said, frustrated despite herself. How did one say, my entire family is not dead, after all, without sounding utterly mad? But really, there was no way to talk around it...
Just say it, she told herself sternly. Morgayne will not call you insane, surely.
"My older sister is not dead... as it turns out." There, it was said. She looked down into her teacup, wishing the pale gold liquid in her cup could provide clarity. Was that the first time she had really said it aloud? My sister is alive. "I met her, just the other day."