Beth Peloquin

“Leave her be—she’s just trying to help. God knows we need it.” But James shared Sadie’s sentiment. There was something too cozy about Hattie Day in their house, telling their children what to do. Worst of all, she said something he didn’t catch, and he heard a sound he hadn’t for a long time: Martha and Robert’s laughter. They never laugh around me, he thought”
― Tracy Chevalier, At the Edge of the Orchard