After a much-needed shower in Poppy’s room, Ivy dressed in a blue shirt with white clam-diggers. To elevate her outfit, she added a turquoise necklace and earrings her mother had given her. White sneakers with sparkly silver accents completed her innkeeper look.
She stepped outside on the patio, looking for Shelly. Since her talk with Carlotta, she’d been concerned about her sister. Shelly’s usually ebullient personality—if sometimes edged with sarcasm—had been subdued since giving birth. Ivy understood that postpartum depression affected many women. Now she realized that Shelly hadn’t been lazy or irresponsible on purpose. Besides caring for a new baby, she’d been suffering from depression and hormonal fluctuations.
Ivy felt terrible that she hadn’t been more attuned to Shelly’s needs,
