counted.
Then Belle left a public five-star review.
Always knew she had it in her.
The review said, “Such a brave, talented woman.”
Belle.
The woman who had said the poor writer line.
Now reviewing the book that contained that exact line and calling the author talented.
I read it three times to make sure it was real.
But what mattered most was what neither woman said.
Not my mother.
Not Belle.
Not anyone suddenly active in the family thread.
Nobody mentioned Kora.
They had found the spotlight.
They still
