The Girl Behind the Door
“Often, the morning after a major blowup, she’d appear refreshed and chipper, acting as if nothing had ever happened. On my way to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, I glanced toward her room. The door was cracked open, so I ventured over and peeked in.
She was gone.
Her bed was made, the mountain of pillows was neatly arranged, and her room was spotless. In fact, it looked as though it had been decluttered down to the bare essentials.
On the hutch above her desk where she kept schoolbooks and tch...otchkes she’d collected over the years there were personal things missing: the wax dragon statuette we got her one Christmas, the Buddha she bought in the Haight, the ceramic rhino she asked for on a visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and a small framed photograph of Igor as a puppy.
Her bookcase had also been swept clean. Photo albums I’d made for her, soccer trophies, the Robin Hood American Girl doll, school yearbooks—were all gone. Initially, it didn’t strike me as a bad thing for her to organize her room, especially since it was usually a mess.MoreLess
She was gone.
Her bed was made, the mountain of pillows was neatly arranged, and her room was spotless. In fact, it looked as though it had been decluttered down to the bare essentials.
On the hutch above her desk where she kept schoolbooks and tch...otchkes she’d collected over the years there were personal things missing: the wax dragon statuette we got her one Christmas, the Buddha she bought in the Haight, the ceramic rhino she asked for on a visit to the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and a small framed photograph of Igor as a puppy.
Her bookcase had also been swept clean. Photo albums I’d made for her, soccer trophies, the Robin Hood American Girl doll, school yearbooks—were all gone. Initially, it didn’t strike me as a bad thing for her to organize her room, especially since it was usually a mess.MoreLess
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