Colette and the Silver Samovar

Colette and the Silver Samovar

The tea leaves formed brown clumps on the side of my cup. Finally, the fortune-teller spoke. "The leaves nearest the rim tell us about the future," she said. "They form the shape of a dagger." Colette Faizal is superstitious, so she worries when a fortune-teller advises her mother to "watch for the unexpected." When everything the mysterious woman predicted seems to be coming true, Colette struggles to hold on to the last thing the fortune-teller told her: "You will know how to handle what lies ahead."