AFFAIRS IN A GLASS HOUSE
They stood there, consoling us, trying to be nice, but I knew they were not.
I tried to move toward Atticus, but my legs felt like they were sinking in the water.
The floor under my feet, stretching farther and farther, like the hallway was trying to swallow the distance between us.
My heart was pounding. I still couldn't understand what was happening.
He finally turned, my eyes meeting his again.
His eyes weren’t the same ones I remembered—not fully. They flickered with adulthood, glooms, something older. Like all the spark he once had was dead.