RIVER

Taylor made breakfast and cleaned the kitchen before he walked.

The house without Taylor felt strange. Every trace of him was wiped too cleanly; it almost made me feel like he was never going to be back.

“I will be back, I promise.”

I knew he had to come back to his room after all, but still, I needed that assurance from him, so I stopped fidgeting.

“Aunt G! “Dad!” I say as I see their car pull up in front of the house.

She had sent me a message saying they were around the ...