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"You’re worried about so forward over the table "Want to talk about it?"

Oh hoish I could I think I would feel sodescendant of Medusa andin the abyss! My relief would last only half a second, though Milo would think I’m insane, that I deserve to be dropped off at the nearest nut-house, never to be seen--or dated--again

It’s funny how, just a couple of weeks ago, I thought I was going nuts So a smile "I just have a lot on my mind"

I pick up my fork and lift a bite of crepe to my one almost a week"

There’s that too

I haven’t had much tietting kidnapped andinto another realm, but I know he can take care of hi monsters in the abyss He’s soet suspicious He’ll come back to me whole, and hopefully happy I’m not even sure how Gretchen will make it back at all

"Yeah, I a easy to talk about "I miss him"

I could really use ht now, even if I can’t tell hi shoulder to lean on

"Have you heard from him?"

"He’s texted me a couple of tih the peanut-butter-and-jelly filling "He texts Moet al what I can to keep her fro"

Milo picks up his paper placemat and folds it in half "You don’t have any idea where he went? Is it somewhere in the city?"

"I honestly don’t know" I watch as he folds and refolds the paper "He one back to our old hometown for all I know"

The folds start to take shape, and I can tell Milo is ami object

"It’s nice that you worry about Thane," he says "Growing up, my sisters would have loved for me to disappear for a few days They’d have divvied up h Maybe it’s a pressure release, but I’ over his precious tihing too, like it’s contagious I’ht hs, "Maura snuck into ed my alarm so she could have an extra fifteen minutes before school"