"Hey!" says Bina. "Hey come here."
"I'm ok!"
"Kendra, no, here. Come on. No - you better hug me or I'm goinna' start crying and then where will we be?"
Bina manages to get Kendra turned towards her and then, without warning, the bigger woman throws her arms around her, buries her face in her shoulder, and starts to sob.
"Hey! There we go, it's going to be OK. All right? It's going to be OK."
"I don't know why I'm crying!"
Bina wonders when it was that Kendra managed to get to sleep. Real sleep, the restful kind.
"That's OK too! You don't have to know why, all right?"
Kendra says nothing to that, but as long as she's not turning away anymore Bina doesn't mind.
"Sometimes things are just - you know? And then it's sad. It just happens, all right? It's going to be OK, and Elizabeth is going to be OK, and we're all going to be OK? OK? You don't have to worry."
Kendra mumbles something inaudible as Bina strokes her back, up and down.
"We're all going to be OK."
They stay there like that, for a time.
"I'm ok!"
"Kendra, no, here. Come on. No - you better hug me or I'm goinna' start crying and then where will we be?"
Bina manages to get Kendra turned towards her and then, without warning, the bigger woman throws her arms around her, buries her face in her shoulder, and starts to sob.
"Hey! There we go, it's going to be OK. All right? It's going to be OK."
"I don't know why I'm crying!"
Bina wonders when it was that Kendra managed to get to sleep. Real sleep, the restful kind.
"That's OK too! You don't have to know why, all right?"
Kendra says nothing to that, but as long as she's not turning away anymore Bina doesn't mind.
"Sometimes things are just - you know? And then it's sad. It just happens, all right? It's going to be OK, and Elizabeth is going to be OK, and we're all going to be OK? OK? You don't have to worry."
Kendra mumbles something inaudible as Bina strokes her back, up and down.
"We're all going to be OK."
They stay there like that, for a time.