I slept soundly
. I said, “It’s not a joke: I’m there; I’m here!”
Cherry leaped from her bed and was at her window in an instant.
. We stayed that way for a little bit, me looking up at him from my squat position against the cabinet below the sink and him looking back down at me with his sleepy eyes, and then all at once he shook his head as if he was coming out of a daydream. There was no smile, creepy or otherwise, and his eyes had cleared and sharpened in the look I had become very familiar with, the look that meant he was not screwing around
I slept soundly
. I said, “It’s not a joke: I’m there; I’m here!”
Cherry leaped from her bed and was at her window in an instant.
. We stayed that way for a little bit, me looking up at him from my squat position against the cabinet below the sink and him looking back down at me with his sleepy eyes, and then all at once he shook his head as if he was coming out of a daydream. There was no smile, creepy or otherwise, and his eyes had cleared and sharpened in the look I had become very familiar with, the look that meant he was not screwing around
I slept soundly
. I said, “It’s not a joke: I’m there; I’m here!”
Cherry leaped from her bed and was at her window in an instant.
. We stayed that way for a little bit, me looking up at him from my squat position against the cabinet below the sink and him looking back down at me with his sleepy eyes, and then all at once he shook his head as if he was coming out of a daydream. There was no smile, creepy or otherwise, and his eyes had cleared and sharpened in the look I had become very familiar with, the look that meant he was not screwing around
