leave for an "urgent sit

ect," he said, packing a sma

d delegated it to his j

little. "Can't it wait? After the accident...

looked at me, a flicker of so

ck in a day or two. You'll be fi

eek, a quick, d

n he wa

bed, the fight d

zed. A text

days. A music industry showcase. Heard about the b

ia. Not Ne

s were

s subtly discouraged me from going in th

He' d once told me, laughing, that he used it for things he

e office. The

ened with a

of property deeds, was a

lett

ere old. Eth

ed young, carefree.

exploding behind them. Another, Ethan was looking at Olivia with a

rom Ethan to Olivi

s of love, plans for their future,

to gift it to her, anonymously. She' d evidently returned it; a no

Olivia' s o

detailed her lif

illiard to take care of me after our parent

entries ab

ep, conflicted f

on Ethan, how I' d gu

t him, telling him to focus on someone wh

to be secure. She thought Ethan, with

e, her future, for what sh

ceholder. A

sister' s misguided, h