Ten
Brooklyn
My body is sore from stagnation. I didn’t even know that was possible. Even so, I force myself to pick up my phone and text my family pictures of sunsets that someone else took on their honeymoon.
Juno responds with a smiley face and words about how beautiful the pictures are.
Savannah: Have you thought any more about what you want to do when you get back?
Leave it to my eldest sister to make sure I have a plan in place.
I sit up in bed, consider getting up for all of five seconds, then plop back down. A knock hits my door and I startle, my eyes wide and my muscles tight while I lie there, not moving a muscle.
Another knock sounds.
I climb out of bed and tiptoe to the door, praying whoever it is can’t hear me. Another knock hits the metal right when I look through the
