Entry #6: First Lines

This First Lines entry is submitted by Debbie Roome:

Violet sat on the kitchen table, two kilograms of ash cocooned in polished rimu. She’d been there for five weeks now. Alone. Secluded. Guarded by his watchful eye. It was a temporary measure for soon Katy would insist on taking her; insist on bearing her off to do the right thing.