Was Elliot going to hold onto the things Avery had said in a fit of rage against her for the rest of their lives?

After dinner, Avery dialed Mike's number, then put her phone on speaker and began to clean the kitchen.

"I'll be home late today, Avery!" Mike said in a stern and serious voice. "I'm not going to the bar tonight. It's for work… It's about the company! I'll tell you about it tomorrow."

"Okay. It's nothing too serious, is it?" Avery said. "I'm not used to this sudden discipline in you."

Mike chuckled and said, "I was just worried you think I'm out messing around. You don't need to keep dinner for me."

"Okay."

After Avery hung up, she glanced around the empty house and could not help but think of her mother.

She had refused to hire a nanny because she wanted to do all of the things Laura used to do.

She wanted to guess what her mother was thinking about when she did those things.

The more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt.

Laura had always taken care of