Chapter 27: The Funeral

Kate went through the texts on Eva’s phone, wondering if she should even bother with only an hour before the burial. People she’d never met wanted to hold a reception at Eva’s place, some were offering to bring food to the house they grew up in, others were demanding to know why they weren’t invited and at least half were asking who Kate was.

She was only a little surprised to see that very few offered any kind of condolences.

Stepping outside Kate glanced up to make sure her cab hadn’t arrived and then began replying to the barrage of texts, doing her best to keep the responses free of insensitive and irritated remarks.

Why she bothered was a mystery, she didn’t know any of these people and really wasn’t concerned with what they thought.

Hearing a car come to a stop on the street in front of the house, she put the phone in her purse, stood up and adjusted the black shawl she wore, draping it over her shoulders.