I Couldn’t Remember Hearing Anyone Come Back Upstairs

He had one of those broad, friendly smiles that made me sick now because I’d spent six hours thinking it meant safe.

“Late-night homesick?” he asked.

“I guess.”

“Melissa said your folks don’t mind if you stay till noon tomorrow.”

I hadn’t told Melissa that.

At dinner I’d said my mom wanted me home by ten for church cleanup because she was helping sort continue reading …