Where did you get that ring

cut my hair because I got syrup on it.

She said Mommy left because I was bad.

I stopped reading.

The room blurred.

Lily leaned against me without making a sound.

I wanted to tell her it was over. I wanted to say I was sorry until my voice broke. I wanted to rewind fourteen months and walk back into every room I had abandoned.

But Owen’s feverish cheek was continue reading …