“And we’re still going to talk about everything else.”

He nodded.

“I know.”

PART 14

The Night the Lights Stayed On

A month after the rescue, I stopped by the community center to help sort donated winter coats.

Keisha had asked for volunteers, and I had promised myself that I would no longer treat every request for help as an interruption.

I had spent so much time telling Toby how busy I was that he had stopped inviting me into the things that mattered to him.