They spent the rest of the afternoon making paper airplanes.

The first one dived straight into the sink.

The second landed beneath the table.

The third sailed over the sofa and struck a cushion by the window.

Idan cheered as though he had won a world championship.

After he left, Clara stood by the refrigerator looking at the photograph.

She did not think of Idan as the boy who solved a mystery.

She thought of him as the child who worried about his family, loved his stuffed bear, and needed adults to take his feelings seriously.