The Hospital Called About A Boy Who Listed Me As His Emergency Contact Until I Walked Into His Room And Everything Changed

they get angry at the person who saw it, because seeing it made it more real.”

He turned this over. “Did you get angry too?”

“Yes,” I said. “For a long time.”

“But not anymore?”

“Not anymore.”

He went back to his drawing. After a minute he said, “She talks about you sometimes. From before.” He said it without looking up, in the careful way of someone delivering continue reading …