Chapter 8Noah had never noticed how tomb-like his apartment was until Luke and Lily were gone. He rarely watched television, despite his job, and if he listened to music at all, it was with his mp3 player. His neighbors were gone all day, and often out all night, plus he had a corner apartment, so he didn’t even have that noise filtering through his home. Once they were gone, Noah had nothing to distract him from the fact he was alone.
The phone calls reverted back to brief conversations before Lily’s bedtime. Once, Noah had tried to talk about moving. Lucas simply reminded him that Lily’s grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all live in Mountain View. She needed her family. Noah had wanted to counter that all his family lived in Mountain View, too, and Noah didn’t really miss them. I
