Theea
I laugh at the thought of them working together—I honestly could see my parents liking someone like him. ”Hiding bodies for an assassin would be quite lucrative.”
Niki gives me the impression that while his apprenticeship was the best fit for him physically, it was perhaps only tolerated in other ways. I decide not to press—maybe another time. I’d like for there to be another time.
My smile becomes a little regretful. “I don’t mean to speak so poorly of her. She’s a good mom in a lot of ways.” Just in a lot of other ways, she wasn’t after dad died. I give him a shrug and a drawn smile. ”It’s been really liberating, being an adult. Getting to choose where I go, who I talk to, how to help. And... it’s lonely. Lonelier than I expected.”
As he goes on and the sky clears, even if only a little, my smile is more genuine. ”I’d like to go this year.” I reach my foot across the cart and nudge his foot. ”And even if it isn’t in the Greatwood, you should go!”
Niki gives me the impression that while his apprenticeship was the best fit for him physically, it was perhaps only tolerated in other ways. I decide not to press—maybe another time. I’d like for there to be another time.
My smile becomes a little regretful. “I don’t mean to speak so poorly of her. She’s a good mom in a lot of ways.” Just in a lot of other ways, she wasn’t after dad died. I give him a shrug and a drawn smile. ”It’s been really liberating, being an adult. Getting to choose where I go, who I talk to, how to help. And... it’s lonely. Lonelier than I expected.”
As he goes on and the sky clears, even if only a little, my smile is more genuine. ”I’d like to go this year.” I reach my foot across the cart and nudge his foot. ”And even if it isn’t in the Greatwood, you should go!”
welcome to the world of pretend
where we pretend we don't feel pain
where we pretend we don't feel pain
