Chapter 114

ABANDONED . Amelia . Just another day of this week like the ones that have passed thus far, I wake up and remember my brother will be coming to Savannah tomorrow, and I must arrange for the house key for him to feel welcome even from this distance. I did think of going over there, receiving him, and then coming back to Orlando since it is only a five-hour drive, but when I shared this with George, the kind of expression he made told me that he was not willing to drive to and fro. It is understandable for him not to be as excited as I am, but had it been his sister, he would have driven not only one time to meet her but many times already without her even having called him. Trying my best not to judge him for this, I think of calling his sister, Naomi, because she has a spare key to our house. “Hello,” she greets as she answers my call. “Hello to you too, sis. How are you?” I asked to initiate a normal conversation with her, and after talking about how we are finding everything here and