And her shadow was gone, replaced by the golden light of the sun.
“Is that—really?” Davis asked. “Well, I don’t think it’s exactly like The Tempest,” I said.
But I couldn’t stand to tell him the truth. Anyway, it wasn’t a lie. Not all the way.
“I mean, we were just kids.” After a minute, he said, “You almost don’t even look like the same person.”
“What?” “Like, you were this scrawny little lightning bolt, and now you’re...”
“What?” “Different. Grown up.” My stomach was kind of churning, but I couldn’t tell why.
I never understood my body—was it scared or excited? Davis was looking past me at the stand of trees along the river’s edge.
“I really am sorry about your dad,” I said. He shrugged. “My dad’s a huge shitbag.
He skipped town before getting arrested because he’s a coward.”
I didn’t know how to answer that. The way people talked about fathers could almost make you glad not to have one.
I really don’t know where he is, Aza. And if anyone does know, they’re not gonna say anything,
because he can pay them a lot more than the reward. I mean, a hundred thousand dollars? A hundred thousand dollars isn’t a lot of money.”
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