Chapter 25 - THE NEW LADLETwo years after the assault, I bought a stainless-steel soup ladle.

Rachel saw it in my kitchen.
“You could have purchased literally any other design.”
“It was twelve dollars.”
“Trauma bargain shopping.”
“It’s a spoon.”
Technically a ladle.
The first time I used it, my hand tightened.
Then relaxed.
I served chicken soup.
Owen asked:
“Is that like Kelsey’s?”
I answered:
“Same kind.”
He looked worried.
“Can spoons be bad?”
“No.”
“People?”
“People can use things badly.”
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He accepted that and asked for crackers.
Children rescue objects faster than adults do.