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He
smiled
back
,
his
brown
eyes
crinkling
around
the
edges
.
When
Charlie
smiled
,
it
was
easier
to
see
why
he
and
my
mother
had
jumped
too
quickly
into
an
early
marriage
.
Most
of
the
young
romantic
he
’
d
been
in
those
days
had
faded
before
I
’
d
known
him
,
as
the
curly
brown
hair
-
the
same
color
,
if
not
the
same
texture
,
as
mine
-
had
dwindled
,
slowly
revealing
more
and
more
of
the
shiny
skin
of
his
forehead
.
But
when
he
smiled
I
could
see
a
little
of
the
man
who
had
run
away
with
Ren
¨
¦
e
when
she
was
just
two
years
older
than
I
was
now
.
I
ate
breakfast
cheerily
,
watching
the
dust
moats
stirring
in
the
sunlight
that
streamed
in
the
back
window
.
Charlie
called
out
a
goodbye
,
and
I
heard
the
cruiser
pull
away
from
the
house
.
I
hesitated
on
my
way
out
the
door
,
hand
on
my
rain
jacket
.
It
would
be
tempting
fate
to
leave
it
home
.
With
a
sigh
,
I
folded
it
over
my
arm
and
stepped
out
into
the
brightest
light
I
’
d
seen
in
months
.
By
dint
of
much
elbow
grease
,
I
was
able
to
get
both
windows
in
the
truck
almost
completely
rolled
down
.
I
was
one
of
the
first
ones
to
school
;
I
hadn
’
t
even
checked
the
clock
in
my
hurry
to
get
outside
.
I
parked
and
headed
toward
the
seldom
-
used
picnic
benches
on
the
south
side
of
the
cafeteria
.
The
benches
were
still
a
little
damp
,
so
I
sat
on
my
jacket
,
glad
to
have
a
use
for
it
.
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My
homework
was
done
-
the
product
of
a
slow
social
life
-
but
there
were
a
few
Trig
problems
I
wasn
’
t
sure
I
had
right
.
I
took
out
my
book
industriously
,
but
halfway
through
rechecking
the
first
problem
I
was
daydreaming
,
watching
the
sunlight
play
on
the
red
-
barked
trees
.
I
sketched
inattentively
along
the
margins
of
my
homework
.
After
a
few
minutes
,
I
suddenly
realized
I
’
d
drawn
five
pairs
of
dark
eyes
staring
out
of
the
page
at
me
.
I
scrubbed
them
out
with
the
eraser
.
"
Bella
!
"
I
heard
someone
call
,
and
it
sounded
like
Mike
.
I
looked
around
to
realize
that
the
school
had
become
populated
while
I
’
d
been
sitting
there
,
absentminded
.
Everyone
was
in
t
-
shirts
,
some
even
in
shorts
though
the
temperature
couldn
’
t
be
over
sixty
.
Mike
was
coming
toward
me
in
khaki
shorts
and
a
striped
Rugby
shirt
,
waving
.
"
Hey
,
Mike
,
"
I
called
,
waving
back
,
unable
to
be
halfhearted
on
a
morning
like
this
.
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He
came
to
sit
by
me
,
the
tidy
spikes
of
his
hair
shining
golden
in
the
light
,
his
grin
stretching
across
his
face
.
He
was
so
delighted
to
see
me
,
I
couldn
’
t
help
but
feel
gratified
.
"
I
never
noticed
before
-
your
hair
has
red
in
it
,
"
he
commented
,
catching
between
his
fingers
a
strand
that
was
fluttering
in
the
light
breeze
.
"
Only
in
the
sun
.
"