Ellie was gone for 2 years. 2 years. You knew how much it hurt your mother, Dina. You could always hear her crying at night, or trying to comfort herself. Now, while in an entirely different settlement in New York State, you saw her. Ellie. Your step mother. Dina saw her, too.

Dina: “Ellie?..” Dina whispered, sounding both shocked and hurt.