I looked up, too, and noticed for the first time that night that you could see the stars.
“Did you ever see her up there?” I asked him. “Your mother pointed her out to me one time as we drove by.”
It scared me to see her up so high, but after I read the article I understood why she did it.”
He shook his head. “The tree’s gone, but she’s still got the spark it gave her. Know what I mean?”
Luckily I didn’t have to answer. He just grinned and said, “Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss….”
He turned to me. “But every once in a while you find someone who’s iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.”
As we walked up to our front porch, my grandfather put his arm around my shoulder and said,
“It was nice walking with you, Bryce. I enjoyed myself very much.”
“Me too,” I told him, and we went inside. Right away we knew we’d stepped into a war zone.
And even though no one was yelling or crying, from the look on my parents’ faces,
I could tell there’d been a major meltdown while my granddad and I were out.
Granddad whispered to me, “I’ve got another fence to mend, I’m afraid,” and headed into the dining room to talk to my parents.
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