CHAPTER 43
“I’m sorry I haven’t stopped by to visit any sooner.”
It’s Sunday afternoon, and after one long nap and two failed attempts to get myself out the door, I’ve mustered the courage to take Mom’s car out — blizzard and all — to visit Reginald. The store is closed on Sundays, which is why it had to be today.
I don’t want anyone else around.
“I miss you.” I’d forgotten how comfortable silence is here.
I tell him a little bit about the past months, keeping out the parts that would get him worried. I tell him about working for Mel, about my lead for a potential job as a nanny for an old friend from high school. Once I got over my puking flashback at Orchard Grove this morning, I was in no mental state to ask Joy for anything, but I can look for her online if I want. After all, she’
