Re: Well after 6, opening day
She went completely and utterly still. She didn't breathe, and she didn't blink, and her fingers stilled on the wall beside the Halloween painting, which suddenly seemed so much more important than it had just a few moments earlier.
It could be a coincidence. It could be. Aura had given up on finding her sibling years ago, and she'd just about convinced herself that who she was didn't matter. That she was a misfit in a family not her own, and that she would never know anything different.
"It's not that common a name," she finally said, though her voice trembled a little with the words. "More common than Casper, though," she admitted, and she moved her hand from the wall and held her hand out, palm up. "Can I see that?" she asked, hoping it had a date on it, hoping for something when she touched it.