Status Updates From El secreto de Agatha

“Finally, he spoke. “Everything all right?”
“Was this meant to be his inquiry about the death of my mother? This simple question that could just be as well be about the weather? For the first time, instead of concern over how he perceived me, I began to feel deep disappointment in Archie. Even anger. “Is what alright?” I needed to make him say the words aloud, to stop pretending.”

“How could my beloved mother be gone? I could not envision my life without her constant, reassuring presence,whether in person or in word. I’d involved her in every one of my decisions, events, and ideas; how could I proceed without her guiding hand? It was then I realized the comfort I longed for from Archie was actually the solace that only my mother could have provided.”

Chapter 33 was a good one; shows the real breakdown between Agatha and Archie. Good quotes too.

read the beginning and end, skipping about two thirds.

This is so very good. I wish I could remember The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ plot.