The Note on Jolene’s Monitor Said Two Words

led out by two agents. His hands were cuffed in front of him. He looked smaller than the man who had stood over me at breakfast.

He stopped when he saw me.

“Emma,” he said.

I waited.

His mouth trembled. Then he said the five words again, but different this time.

“What do I do now?”

I looked at him for a second.

Then I walked past him into the morning, and continue reading …