Moonbound
“Until you.”
The house, being honest when forced, made a small approving sound in the wood.
“My turn,” Evelyn said. “When my mother died, people told me to be brave in ways that anesthetize. I learned to be accurate instead. It reads as cruelty. I’m not cruel. I’m…efficient with pain.” She traced the hinge’s scar with a finger, not looking up. “Until you.”
“Until me, what?” he asked, as if testing whether he was strong enough for the answer.