She stared blankly at the wall and showed no reaction while Sasha gently cleansed her face with warm water. The washcloth and the bowl of water were both pink when she finished. Sasha’s stomach roiled. She rinsed the cloth and filled the bowl with fresh water at the kitchen sink. “How is she?” Co...
We took the N Train to Barclays Center. During the ride, which lasted about a half an hour, we talked in low voices, forehead to forehead, sketching out our next moves as we swayed from side to side with the car. After Union Square, two seats opened up next to each other a...
Not by a pretend military officer, not by anyone. He checked the time and stifled a sigh. It would be a weakness to show his irritation, so he merely returned to his book. The bartender must have sensed his impatience, though, because he came over and swabbed the scarred bar in front of Colton wi...
For one thing, it meant they could return home even earlier than they’d agreed, which would mean he could start poking around in his father’s background sooner than he’d thought. For another, the flurry of telephone calls and emails that she and Naya were exchanging meant that she’d be occupied d...
At least Dr. Spangler hadn’t been named Jed’s guardian. But, this didn’t feel like half a loaf. If felt more like the bread heel—the nasty, crusty heel that her brothers would leave in the wrapper growing up and their mother would dutifully toast and eat with her morning tea. A crummy heel. She p...