Then, last Tuesday, a moving truck the color of a bruised plum parked outside.
“Bad night,” I admitted.
He knew my name.
“You’re the girl from 42,” he said. His voice was low, rougher than I expected. “The one who pretends not to stare.”
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But tonight was different.
“Sure.” He took a drag from the cigarette, exhaled a plume of smoke that curled up like a question. “Then why are you out here at two a.m., Lena?” Then, last Tuesday, a moving truck the color
Tonight, my father had yelled at me for two hours about my “attitude.” Tonight, my chest felt like a clenched fist. I couldn’t sleep. So I did what I always did when the walls felt too close: I slid my window open, swung one leg over the sill, and dropped onto the old oak branch that stretched between our houses.