Prologue
Istood thereon the sidewalk in front of the house, staring. I didn’t know how long I stood there for, but I watched as he pulled her closer…kissed her nose, bopped it, brushed a piece of hair behind her ear, like he actually cared…like he had feelings forher.
She caught my eye first, a look of horror spreading across her face. His eyes met mine, and he stepped in front of her. He protected her. I stood there in the vast openness of the lawn, unable to do anything but look at them, at where my life had led me. A moving man walked beside me. I stopped him, took the box out of his hands, set it on the ground. I took the keys out of my pocket, sliced the box open, and took out a few items I hadn’t seen before, china patterns I hadn’t picked out. I looked up again. The woman had gone inside. It was just usnow.
It was just us and the infinite possibilities of what had happened, where we were going, and eventually, how this would allend.
