A Fractured Light
“It took me a moment to get my bearings before walking toward it.
What was I going to tell her? Where had I been?
The kitchen was deserted and still. The sink was clean and empty, the counters were spotless, the cleanest I’d ever seen them. The floor was so shiny that I could see my reflection in the polished wood. Was Aunt Jo out on a trip with Into the Woods? My stomach sank at the idea of coming home only to find myself alone again—like I’d been right before I’d left.
In all my life, I’d neve...r known my adopted guardian to be such a neat freak.
Something was wrong. Something didn’t feel right at all.
But then I began to notice small hints of life here and there. A wet tea bag resting on a spoon on top of the microwave. A book with an envelope holding the reader’s place. Some neat stacks of papers on the kitchen table, with the topmost page pulled slightly askew, as if someone had been looking at it recently and hadn’t put it neatly back in place. I walked over to the table and picked it up.MoreLess
What was I going to tell her? Where had I been?
The kitchen was deserted and still. The sink was clean and empty, the counters were spotless, the cleanest I’d ever seen them. The floor was so shiny that I could see my reflection in the polished wood. Was Aunt Jo out on a trip with Into the Woods? My stomach sank at the idea of coming home only to find myself alone again—like I’d been right before I’d left.
In all my life, I’d neve...r known my adopted guardian to be such a neat freak.
Something was wrong. Something didn’t feel right at all.
But then I began to notice small hints of life here and there. A wet tea bag resting on a spoon on top of the microwave. A book with an envelope holding the reader’s place. Some neat stacks of papers on the kitchen table, with the topmost page pulled slightly askew, as if someone had been looking at it recently and hadn’t put it neatly back in place. I walked over to the table and picked it up.MoreLess
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