It worked but Hesper felt a little bad about it, Flora seemed to feel bad for her and while it wasn't like her parents weren't dead, she wasn't fishing for sympathy. "It's not so bad anymore, I wouldn't be seeing them very much now anyway." But at least she wouldn't have to spend the summer with her great aunt. "What are your parents like?" It probably wasn't a typical question to ask someone but perhaps Flora's mother was like Great Aunt Jessamine, or maybe her parents were like Hesper's had been and she could live vicariously through her for a few moments.
