PART 10 I sat in my car afterward with both hands on the wheel. Then I started the engine. I drove home to my house on Whitmore Lane, where the oak trees were beginning to bud.

The next week was quiet in the way the world goes quiet after a storm has finally moved on. The light changes. The air feels newly arranged. Pat called Monday … Continue reading PART 10 I sat in my car afterward with both hands on the wheel. Then I started the engine. I drove home to my house on Whitmore Lane, where the oak trees were beginning to bud.