Leave Castle Cove
“I’m leaving,” I say.
“I’ll take you home,” Dr. Grange says. “Ethan, I’ll meet you at your house.”
We climb into the BMW and ride the rest of the way home in silence. Dr. Grange doesn’t try to persuade me to stay or leave. She only tells me that I’ll be able to manage some minimal tasks during the day, but to stay out of direct sunlight if I can help it. Apparently, I will still burn, just not explode into dust. I take her warnings and her information and the things that I feel like I need and pack up the car.
I resolve to hire a shipping company to come get the rest and send it to my mother’s house in Maryland. Tonight I only take the things I’d be sad to lose. It takes me nearly five minutes to find Sushi, but once I offer him the cat carrier—which he usually detest
