She listened through shiny red rimmed eyes and nodded gently. Could she really lean on the tea to be her last tangible connection to Effie?

Probably. Goodness knows she never got enough sleep.

With a gentle nod she sniffled again.

"I should be better then this. It's not like I'm alone...but I thought Pruna was gone forever and Effie right after...I have other people in my life but those two one after the other? Normal people can handle that can't they?"

She seemed to be arguing with herself both pointing out how painful it had been and also what she wanted to believe about adults.