MICHAEL
It was late afternoon, and I’d mostly left Quinn alone all day since she was in school. I threw on some khaki shorts and a band shirt to head out to the concert. I didn’t want to dress up, but I figured something other than athletic shorts would be appropriate. Nic came to me as usual, and I drove. It had been bugging me that I hadn’t been to her place since she moved here, and she was always so secretive about it. But I figured she would tell me in her own time. I could tell if she was lying to me, and she hadn’t lied about anything since I’d seen her in the grocery store. It did feel like she was keeping something from me, though; we’d never talked about why she left Stary or disappeared on me.
She buzzed with excitement next to me as we drove out of town. The concert was in a
