Xavier (Grease) POV
Cora had a restless night. I had expected she would, which meant I woke up tired too; it was going to be a long day. I was in the shower, trying to wash my tiredness away. It was not easy; I wanted to spend another hour or two in bed, but that wasn't going to happen. The team would arrive soon, and if we wanted coffee and food before they got here, we needed to get up and head down to the kitchen.
What I hadn't expected when I walked out of the bathroom was Cora talking to her mother's photograph, with tears running down her cheeks. I was momentarily unsure how to handle this. Cora needed to grieve; I don't think she had really done that properly, and I blame Bruce for that. But he didn't give her the opportunity, and then the police interviews and media hype of the s
