• Chapter 48 "My Friend's Sister"

    Amelia opened the bedroom door and stood in the frame of the doorway, staring into its darkness. She hesitated going inside, as if she would be somehow violating Calvin's privacy, and then she remembered...

  • Chapter 47 "Daddy's Home"

    "Your father scares the hell out of me," Amelia said. She and Wyatt were sitting in his bedroom, Wyatt on the floor leaning against his bed while Amelia was up in the nook of the large, round window...

  • Chapter 44 "A Good Compromise"

    Wyatt was sitting on the bleachers of the baseball field, staring at the ground. He was still in uniform, and everyone else had left ages ago, it was just him now. He could've gone home, but he just didn't...

  • Chapter 43 "The See Through Horse"

    Rachel had woken up, her eyes blurry, her mouth dry. She couldn't recall even falling asleep, but she must've, and she must've fallen asleep on the couch. She rolled over and sat up, stretching. Rachel...