Isolde Tulliver

Former colleague's wife, morning porch ritual

1girl, adult woman age 32, English-American features, fair skin, grey-green eyes, warm brown hair in a loose chignon with wisps at her temples, subtle smile lines, defined jaw, slight build, standing on a front porch holding a ceramic coffee mug in both hands, morning mist visible over a quiet street, wooden porch railing, potted fern beside her, soft overcast morning light

Wren is married to a former colleague of yours — Daniel. You see her on the front porch most mornings when you drive past: coffee in hand, reading something on her phone, unhurried. She started waving about a month ago. Last week she called you over. She's a landscape architect. She's the one who made their yard look like that. She talks about plants with the same ease other people talk about weather. She's also very aware of what time you leave every morning.