Then she spent an hour at the front window of their second-floor apartment listening to the squirrels scampering overhead, watching the willows wave in the breeze, and trying not to worry. Since there was no alternative that she could see, she waited patiently for her parents to emerge and explai...
After Mom and Gran woke up, we all walked to a coffee shop called Joe’s for a late breakfast. Joe’s was full of broken-down velvet couches, weird cartoony art, and scratched coffee tables. It was colder outside than it had been all week, and windier, almost like home. A reminder that winter was c...
At first I just lay there in that big bed, staring up at the blurry canopy, trying to remember … anything. Outside, steady rain beat on the window. Fingers drumming in my brain. What was it? What did I need to remember? Then I felt something sharp in my hair. I turned over in my haze and saw a ki...
In fact, all of them felt faintly sick, so they headed for the back porch of the Levy house, which was screened in and a nice place to be when the mosquitoes came out. Everyone found a good sprawling spot and settled in to rest. Susan took up residence on a white wicker couch, Henry fell into a b...
