Hellos are harder than good-byes

“I say, "Good job, buddy," and his face is like I've just fixed the whole world.”

“I don't want to die, but I wish waking up every morning didn't feel like such a…”

“Dad laughs. “You want to take a break? Go play with them?”The problem is I’m si…”

“You're absolved," I tell him.He brings his eyes back up to mine. There's no fuc…”