Stick
“But, somehow, things managed to quiet down at our house after that weekend.
And Bosten and I avoided the Saint Fillan room for the next seven days, which was a rare long stretch of calm.
Bosten went back to school, and we visited the Buckleys the following Sunday, like we always did, except this time I let Bosten and Paul go off by themselves, without me tagging along.
It felt lonely.
But I could see in Bosten’s eyes how much he loved Paul.
Mom smoked more. Dad spoke less.
Both of us pretended ...like we didn’t remember or believe what he did in that room.
At night with my ear against the pipe, I imagined ways to kill him if he ever hurt Bosten again.
* * * Beginning with the last week of March, Bosten and I were free of school for our two-week Easter vacation. Mrs. Lohman had followed through with her promise to ask if I could stay at Emily’s house for a few days that first week; and Bosten was supposed to sleep over at Paul’s. The thought of Bosten staying with him made me a little nervous that they’d end up getting into trouble.MoreLess
And Bosten and I avoided the Saint Fillan room for the next seven days, which was a rare long stretch of calm.
Bosten went back to school, and we visited the Buckleys the following Sunday, like we always did, except this time I let Bosten and Paul go off by themselves, without me tagging along.
It felt lonely.
But I could see in Bosten’s eyes how much he loved Paul.
Mom smoked more. Dad spoke less.
Both of us pretended ...like we didn’t remember or believe what he did in that room.
At night with my ear against the pipe, I imagined ways to kill him if he ever hurt Bosten again.
* * * Beginning with the last week of March, Bosten and I were free of school for our two-week Easter vacation. Mrs. Lohman had followed through with her promise to ask if I could stay at Emily’s house for a few days that first week; and Bosten was supposed to sleep over at Paul’s. The thought of Bosten staying with him made me a little nervous that they’d end up getting into trouble.MoreLess
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