y P

eeks. Daddy said she has very

o eat snacks. No Mommy to make me go to bed ear

I kind of

oking at her phone. And her perfume is too stro

soap and warm skin and the blanket from my bed. When I hug her, she doe

anymore. Daddy just gives me the i

use. I heard him say, "Blake, away game

at's where

, pulling his hand. "Daddy, I want to

oked tired. "I'm going for

o go!" I star

ddy always says yes. Daddy sighed and gave in

d down. Yay! I

phone from the nightstand.

the way he doesn't laugh with Mommy. I didn't understand what they were saying. Something ab

time, then finally pr

hen I thought no one would answ

little stra

didn't mean it. But my mouth wouldn't open. What if she was still mad? What if she

heart was beating so fast. I couldn't sa

he blanket wasn't scary. It just felt quiet. Like the apartment after Mommy left. I whispered to myself under the bla

ep next to me with his headphones on. I thought: maybe when I see Mommy, I'll hug her and she'll say, "Lily, I misse

ke

Corinne. I'll admit, it was getting

is would make me give in? The word

ome to Boston, I was about to say no, but the

o straight to the Sargent family estate and bring C

nt book two flig

t she might not be at her family

left, Dayna came

eautiful there," she said, straightening my tie with an air o

btle step back to break the contact. For some reas

fore she recovered. "Well, have a grea

I saw my own phone light up on the nightsta

arded the plane to