Sometimes we just took rides with no particular destination in mind. She would pop her head in my doorway and say, "Let's get some fresh air."
I loved that, because just cruising was conducive to talking, to exchanging thoughts and ideas the way sisters should. I learned a lot about her youth during those rides, how she had always been so envious of Brianna, until that night when Brianna made the mistake with the married man. She had often questioned me about it when I was younger, acting as if she was unhappy that she had not been the one to have seen it all. I would have gladly changed places with her.
"I told myself I would never disappoint Daddy like that if I could help it," Ava said. "Of course, I did with that stoned man," she sadly admitted.
"He's forgiven you," I told her.
"Maybe. In any case, Lorelei, Daddy forgives only once. Remember that."
