about that.
“Like when Wi-Fi breaks?”
I almost smiled.
“Something like that.”
“Did you want me?”
The question stopped my heart.
Across the room, Cassandra became very still.
I looked directly at Luke.
“If I had known about you, I would have come.”
He considered that.
Then he asked, “Would you have brought snacks?”
“Yes.”
“What kind?”
“What kind would you have wanted?”
“Crackers.”
“Then crackers.”
Apparently satisfied, he returned to his toy truck.
Children often accepted truths adults spent years complicating.
Violet asked fewer questions.
Her affection arrived through
