It was late at night when I reached home, with mom. She drove us straight home and not to Miranda's house. When she saw me at that park where Robin left me, she looked as though she had just seen a ghost. She told me that she had hesitated coming to me when I called her to come meet me at a park near Miranda's house. It was weird.

"I thought it was someone faking your voice" she had said. "I thought I'd never see you again. It was strange seeing you alone like that at a park, with a ...