Orphan X: a Novel
“She kicked off one heeled shoe, then the other.
“Will you please just put him in bed? I have to get out of these clothes.” She colored. “Not like that. I just mean—”
“No problem.” Evan carried Peter to his bedroom and nestled him into the race-car bed. He stood a moment in the still of the room, trying to recall if he’d ever slept that soundly.
He walked back out into the living room, hearing Miles Davis playing somewhere deep in the condo. A bright new Post-it called out from the post by the k...itchen pass-through: “Treat yourself as if you were someone you are responsible for helping.”
He wondered what exactly that meant.
He wandered back to Mia’s bedroom, nearly colliding with her on her way out. With a nervous laugh, she skipped back a half step. She wore a long sleep shirt that drooped to midthigh. They stood close enough that even in the soft light of her bedroom he could make out the faint scattering of freckles across the bridge of her nose. Her unbound hair fell across her face, so she took it up in a fist atop her head, her sleep shirt stretching tight across her body.MoreLess
“Will you please just put him in bed? I have to get out of these clothes.” She colored. “Not like that. I just mean—”
“No problem.” Evan carried Peter to his bedroom and nestled him into the race-car bed. He stood a moment in the still of the room, trying to recall if he’d ever slept that soundly.
He walked back out into the living room, hearing Miles Davis playing somewhere deep in the condo. A bright new Post-it called out from the post by the k...itchen pass-through: “Treat yourself as if you were someone you are responsible for helping.”
He wondered what exactly that meant.
He wandered back to Mia’s bedroom, nearly colliding with her on her way out. With a nervous laugh, she skipped back a half step. She wore a long sleep shirt that drooped to midthigh. They stood close enough that even in the soft light of her bedroom he could make out the faint scattering of freckles across the bridge of her nose. Her unbound hair fell across her face, so she took it up in a fist atop her head, her sleep shirt stretching tight across her body.MoreLess
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