Tye flipped his hands over after each disappearance to confirm that the egg wasn’t there. We never had eggs. And Father was treating this one like a toy. “No school for you this morning.” Mother set a plate of toast in front of me. She set down a second plate of soft cheese. I hadn’t seen cheese like that since before the war. She squeezed my shoulder. “Eat.” “Why no school?” “You can go this afternoon to say goodbye to everyone.” I coated my bread with cheese. It was both tart and sweet, the way I remembered it. I pushed the cheese plate to the center of the table to share it. Kammi headed to school with Eliza Heller, the way she would every day without me. Father left a few minutes later in his post office uniform, holding Tye’s hand, taking her to kindercare. In Tye’s other hand was the boiled egg. She kept looking at it, wondering if it would disappear. If it didn’t, it would be her lunch. Did she know how to peel it? “Come,” Mother said, putting on her coat with a swoosh.
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