Dismantling Evan
“MOM KNOCKS SOFTLY and calls through my closed door.
“Yeah.”
“You awake?” she asks, rhetorically.
I lift the full plastic trash bag off my bed and carry it over to the corner of my room where I have broken down all the unpacked boxes.
“Can I come in?” she asks.
“Yeah.”
Mom opens the door slowly and looks around. “Wow, you have been busy in here. Burst of energy, huh?”
She leans against the door smiling and a wave of guilt for spiraling earlier hits me again. I pretend... to busy myself by shifting the boxes from one wall in my room to the other. “Sorry about earlier,” I mutter.
Mom tilts her head to rest on the door and waves her hand, lazily. “It’s all right. Today was a stressful day for us.”
My mood lightens a little.
“We saved you some food,”MoreLess
“Yeah.”
“You awake?” she asks, rhetorically.
I lift the full plastic trash bag off my bed and carry it over to the corner of my room where I have broken down all the unpacked boxes.
“Can I come in?” she asks.
“Yeah.”
Mom opens the door slowly and looks around. “Wow, you have been busy in here. Burst of energy, huh?”
She leans against the door smiling and a wave of guilt for spiraling earlier hits me again. I pretend... to busy myself by shifting the boxes from one wall in my room to the other. “Sorry about earlier,” I mutter.
Mom tilts her head to rest on the door and waves her hand, lazily. “It’s all right. Today was a stressful day for us.”
My mood lightens a little.
“We saved you some food,”MoreLess
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