“She called me by my full name.”

I turned off the burner under the pot.

“Are you still carrying my locker key?”

“It’s on my ring with my car keys.

I see it every time I start the car.” She paused, then said it quickly, the way she always does.

“Brandon called me on Tuesday.

He wanted to know if I thought you’d let him come back to the house.”

“He asked me the same thing.”