It wasn’t home.
That was my first thought when I walked inside. David unlocked the door, but waved me through first. Nothing felt familiar about my old home anymore. It was cold. It was dark, and there was a musky smell in the room.
“Oh, sorry.” David rushed around me, and the door slammed shut in his wake. “I meant to drop by earlier and turn the heat up. I knew you were coming, but things happened at school and…” he trailed off as he stared at me.
“What?”
“Nothing.” A quick shake of the head. “It’s… you’re here. You’re staying.”
“Yeah?”
“I just thought…” He shook his head again. The corners of his mouth darted up and down as he cleared his throat. “I just never thought you’d be back.”
There was so much emotion in his gaze, and they were too visible to me. He hadn’t turned the ligh
