“Tell me,” Mom said. “Don’t lie to me anymore, Jason.” “You’re getting upset over nothing.” Dad’s voice was a cool contrast to Mom’s frantic plea. “Nothing? Nothing? What is wrong with you?” Sophie and I crept down the stairs to listen. I held my arms open, and she crawled into my lap, burying her face in my neck. “Where are you going?” Mom asked, her voice dropping an octave. “Every day you disappear. For hours on end.” “I told you, Carolyn. I’m working. Getting ready for classes.” From where I sat, I could see Dad’s face. It was barely recognizable. A person’s soul is in their eyes, and his were all wrong. “Bullshit,” Mom said, and Dad winced, turning his back on her. I thought a curse from my mother’s lips would make the earth crack open. Instead, the front door slammed with an enormous bang, sending vibrations up the wooden steps and into my backside. I shifted Sophie onto the step and ran back to my room, throwing open my window to the crisp morning air.
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