Lavender so wanted to pick Evie up and give her a big hug. Now she wanted Mommy? Now she was saying Mommy? Mommy was right in front of her, just like the women Malachi loved was right in front of him. In a way she felt like a ghost only being able to watch he ones she loved, but not able to touch. But this was worse. They could see her, they just didn't want her.
"Mommy's... away?" Lavender finally said. She waved away the strawberries, not hungry at the moment. "She'll be back, soon?" She said looking away sadly, unsure if that was true? If it wasn't, how were they going to deal with Evie? She wasn't going to be her mother anymore because of how she looked? She'd use everything?