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Lily said, looking expectant. Mom grinned. "Come by often if you like it. I'll make it for you anytime!" "By the way, Hannah, I brought the comic you asked for last time." Lily pulled out a romance comic and handed it to me, deliberately raising her voice. The second Dad heard that, he yanked my ear and snatched the book. "So, you're reading this trash instead of studying!" "Mr. Linden, don't get mad at Hannah. I've read this comic, too. Her grades only slipped because there's a boy she likes at school. She's already reflected on her mistakes," Lily said.

I need to take time. I remember the small room I entered last time. I slowly opened the door and turned on the lampshade. The books on the table were still scattered. I tried to look and read each one of them. These are all interesting books. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a lot more. I tried to find something that might help me, but I found nothing.

"What are you doing in Cobble Hill?" "I live in Cobble Hill." Something shifted in his expression — a recalibration, slight. "I didn't know that." "Brooklyn's a big borough." I nodded at the book in his hand. "What did you find?" He turned it over. A novel I had read two years ago — dense, beautifully written, the kind of book that required patience and rewarded it extravagantly. "Carol recommended it. I described what I was looking for and she disappeared for thirty seconds and came back with this."