Chapter 691

• Proserpina
• My sons, Dom and Lou, came around, and along with Tara and Jack, they helped me set up the little place. I kept making cauldrons of coffee for my children, who drank thirstily. The little apartment and café were filled with laughter and at one point, as I leaned back against the cooking range, my hands on my sides giggling at one of Melissa’s off-colour jokes, I suddenly wished that Lucien was here, with me.
• Heath Bridges arrived after a while and we stopped to stare at him.