Maya saw my face.
“Is it Dad?” she whispered.
I lied.
“It’s fine.”
She knew it was not.
Children always know more than adults think they do.
They learn the weather inside a house before they learn algebra.
They know which footsteps mean peace and which ones mean brace yourself.
At 5:12 p.m., Dr. Lawson returned.
He held continue reading …
