patient.

“She didn’t call you, did she?” he asked more quietly.

“Figured.” He collected his keys and paused near the door. “For what it’s worth, I thought you should know before Thursday. Not on Thursday.”

His tone was light.

His meaning was not.

I understood the distinction.

I thought my 9-year-old daughter would be happy when I picked her up from my parents’ continue reading …

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