Tom and I sat opposite each other in solitary white wicker chairs. Maggie and Doug sat next to each other on a wicker sofa. Flynn planted himself between them, falling back laughing as they scooted apart to make room for him. Some of the dark spots were gone from his eyes. Still, he wasn’t quite himself. Luke came over, sat on the edge of my chair and placed an arm around my back. The saddest thing by far was Brent, who barely looked at us and walked over the first bridge and then the second. The sun set before him as he found the path and dipped out of sight. I looked up at Luke who watched Brent’s descent, too. In fact we all did. Everything had gotten quiet. All at once, Maggie, Luke and Tom got to their feet. Tom held up a hand. Maggie looked distressed. She walked back into the house. Deflecting, Luke said, “There’s food.” “Yeah,” I said, and headed into the house to make Luke a plate. Really I was hoping to catch up to Maggie but she was nowhere to be seen. So I made two plates, piling on the food.
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