“Will you let me know? If you find anything out about Dad, I mean.” “Yeah, of course.”
After a while, he straightened up and wiped his face against his sleeve. I told him he should get some sleep. It was nearly midnight.
He put the bowl of Lucky Charms on the coffee table, stood up, and walked upstairs without saying good-bye.
I didn’t know where to go, and having the bag of money in my hand was freaking me out a little, so in the end I just left the house.
I looked up at the sky as I ambled toward Harold, and thought about the stars in Cassiopeia, centuries of light-time from me and from one another.
I swung the bag in my hand as I walked. It weighed almost nothing.
TEN
I texted Daisy the next morning while I was still in bed. Big news call when you can.
She called immediately. “Hey,” I said.
“I know he is a gigantic baby,” she responded, “but I actually think upon close examination he is hot.
And in general, quite charming, and very sexually open and comfortable, although we didn’t do it or anything.”
“I’m thrilled for you, so last night—” “And he really seemed to like me? Usually I feel like boys are a bit afraid of me, but he wasn’t.
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