flicker of something unreadable in

ntion already returning to

ht. There was no need to tell him I was

at the calendar. June 10th

to erase

om into darkness. Then I pulled out a

e years. A Tiffany necklace for my sixteenth birthday. A limited-edition

ugh my limbs. I bit my lip, forcing the tears ba

fingers brushed against a st

ry was from ten years ago, writ

is name is Ethan, and he's going to take me home. He held my ha

the pages. They we

to sketch today. He

lies at school for me. He

school graduation. He said he'd be

a year ago, the day he a

e the one who drew the line, and you're also the one

ds tre

out, two or three at a time. The sound of tear

were sore, until the diaries were not

ag, tied it shut, and put it in the suitcas

It was Ethan, followed by Am

mile. She was beautiful, radiating a gentle an

"I brought you some strawberry mou

was allergic

his expression soft. He had forgotten. After

ed in my chest, bu

Amelia." I t

han said, not looking at me.

ard his study, leaving m

box in my hands felt he