Aaron leaned down and kissed the top of my head before picking up his keys.
“See you tonight.”
“Drive safely.”
“I will.”
I watched his old car disappear at the end of the street.
After he left, the house became strangely still.
I remember standing beside the window with an uneasy feeling in my chest, as though something had been gathering around us for weeks.
I simply did not know what it was yet.
