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I help her to her chair and get her so so old and alone

Looking over at the house that was once htate, I take a deep breath It feels as though I have not been here in years instead of a few months I step onto the s The dark wooden front door looks so cold and uninviting I sh when I see a hint of red and pink from where Kai and I painted over Penny’s artwork Kai and I were just getting to know each other better He was being so sweet to me when he didn’t have to be

The door opens suddenly and Jis

“Hey, kid Did your mom send you to pay me?”

“Uh no, I cauess?”

He scratches his beard “Well s down by o through them”

“Sure, thanks, Jimmy”

“No proble by to you don’t want just sit it on the porch, and I can toss it for ya”

“Okay,” I say, and he opens the door forme alone so I can look in private

The living roo with the rest of the house, other thanto and …ed toy to sort through it all right now I take the boxes and bags, stuffing them in my trunk Maybe the Coopers will let e, or soantic closet

We haven’t really talked about what raduation in a feeeks I haven’t applied to any colleges, and Kai hasn’t said anything aboutto be in a feeeks They are focusing on getting their first single cut in ti act I think the tour kicks off near the end of May in Seattle

Penny has been beggingto school there in the fall It is a te offer I don’t knohat I want to do or where I want to go I can’t just sit around and pine away after Kai while he is chasing his dream

I drive to my home for now and think hard about what I want I can’t see anything beyond Kai He has beco I have lostof hiht I have

I parkhow his day in the studio has been going

Kirk is at the counter when I coh the kitchen “Happy Birthday, Katie” He sht?”