Alvarez to use the new printer, eat the biggest strawberry milkshake in the state.

I stopped when I reached number four.

Ask Brandon why he thinks his worth depends on fixing things.

Under that was a sentence written later in darker ink: If I don’t get better, I still want everybody else to have a life.

“She talked about you all the time,” Paige said.

“Not because you were a doctor.

Because you listened when she was making fun of herself and didn’t treat her like she had to be brave.”

I ran a finger over the paper without touching the words.