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But when I was practically up at the truck, I heard her whisper my name and I turned

Meet me tomorrow, she said

Where?

Myat me, like I hadn’t seen her in a year

At the state park, Cissy whispered, after lunch

It was a good thing I put a seatbelt on when I got in the truck, cause I felt like I’d just fly away

You look happy, Mohway

That’s what this feeling is, I guess

Winona couldn’t sleep Turning on the light in her bedroom, she slipped into her favorite pink terrycloth robe and went to the kitchen

Nothing in the fridge appealed to her, so sheup to the railing, she stared out at the inky water A sliveredalotten how dark it was a the shore If not for the water breathing along the sand there would be no sound at all

It made her feel even more alone, all this quiet darkness At her house on First Street, she often went onto her back porch in the evenings There, she could sit in her glider and look out over the Canal House Bed and Breakfast and the beach park parking lot Even in the dead of winter on a cold and frosty night, there was light and entially, a part of it

Here, there was nothing Just mountains unseen, black water, and distant stars

“Hey, Winona”

She turned toward the sound, trying to see him, but it wasn’t until he came closer, until he stepped onto the wooden deck, that she couldthe shadows “Mark,” she said, uncertain of what to add

“I saw your light coh the trees”