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TER
t with us. You might have some fun, make
study the nature of it. She doesn't dip her toes in gradually. Lucy just d
ow to do that."Hav
ou've
smiles warmly. "You two go ahead. Lucia can hang out with me." She waves goodbye to Lucy and
rior. A grand staircase curves against the wall, and be
countertop, where there's a vase of
at about?"
ng, so I took it
s get another. That
He fixed it." The corners of m
Sarah's eyes narrow,
know hi
he look like? D
able is how they made me feel. Though I'd rather keep that info
urns away. Her black bone-straight hair, tied in a low ponytail, swings as she moves around the kitchen. Afte
h soap, rinse, then start cho
hoyu ramen. It's going to be very
ow I like
ng. You folks love spicy food. Because of
o twelve at the time, was set on finding reliable internet access. Naomi, their oldest child, who currently goes to MIT, was set on sightseeing. Auntie Sarah, however, was quiet and reserved. Not because she was shy. She
of garlic and ginger from the food processo
I went to choir p
h people your age-not a bunch of middle-
d the Holy Trinity choir because it's what my father would have wanted. He would have encouraged me to audition, saying somethi
ffort at socializing would be joining the church choir. I want you to make friend
ug. "
ed here. I want you to feel like you
e for another, one state for another. I feel suspended, caught between two places,
h her sister who had a baby, my uncle when he returned to Tennessee after every visit with us, Lucy's sleepover at her friend
you understand what I'm saying
le forcing a smile. "I'll
an't ignore my grief. It's constantly present, lurking and slitherin