![]() Walkie talkies shoot off beeps and white noise somewhere behind me while footfalls hit the stairs and doors slam above me. He always had time to push her on the swing, didn’t he? He had time for her. I stare out the window, watching the tire sway back and forth in the breeze as it hangs from the oak, and absently rub the red ribbon in my hair between my fingers, feeling the comfort of the smooth surface. No shoes by the front door or floaties in the pool. There were never any drawings in the house. The tire swing in the yard is the only thing that makes it look like a kid lives here. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” “It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. “Look Back at It” by A Boogie wit da Hoodie ![]() “Give You Hell” by The All-American Rejects “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)” by Joan Jett “break up with your girlfriend, I’m bored” by Ariana Grande ![]() Proofreading & Interior Formatting by Elaine York, Allusion Publishing & Book Formatting ![]() Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. ![]() Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the author. ![]()
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