She crouched beside her castle again and asked if I thought the tower needed another shell.
When I looked back at Sophie, she did not seem proud of herself. She seemed irritated, like the woman had interrupted something important.
She crouched beside her castle again and asked if I thought the tower needed another shell.
I told her it definitely did.
We stayed another while.
After all, I didn’t want to turn tail and run whenever something unpleasant happened. I needed to get back out, and Sophie deserved it, too.
“You looked like you were going to leave.”
When Oliver finished and fell asleep against me, I tucked the blanket around him and watched Sophie rebuild the side of the moat she had kicked in when she stood up.
After a minute, I said,
