Best place to be?" Adrienne asks after a moment.
On the other side of this wall. In my bed, at home. Anywhere with Nathaniel.
"Before," I answer, because I know she'll understand.

“How far can a person go... and still live with himself.”

“My teacher in first grade said that long ago people used to believe all kinds o…”

“She understood how a world jammed with phones, email, and faxes could still lea…”

“My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine …”