Chapter 29Tonight, I put the binder away. In it, I placed a picture of Aunt Fran and me.
This was the last entry…
Dear Bump,
Johan and Helga have asked Officer Di Paglio’s help.
They’ve printed pictures of Nick and plastered them all over the neighborhood. Nick’s face stares back at me every time I walk to school.
Mrs. Lund stopped doing hair. She sits by the living room window a lot, watching the street. The last time I saw Mrs. Lund, she wasn’t wearing any lipstick.
Boone says, “My brother’s gonna come back when summer gets here. Nico likes to swim, and I bet there isn’t a pool where he’s at.”
Spring is coming.
Mom’s been opening the windows in the afternoons, trying to air the apartment out.
Her hair has grown back in. “My beautiful Red,” she sometimes says, running her slim fi
