“I was thinking,” I said, “maybe we can ring each other over the summer? I mean, maybe we can exchange numbers or something?copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2ulOhofHl
Will shook his head, and my heart plummeted. “I don’t have one of those phones.”copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sHbY7rfIp
“Oh.” My heart stopped plummeting, and I laughed at his wry tone. “Really? What about at home?”copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G3wvNUI8w
He shook his head with a slightly odd look on his face. It cleared away almost instantly, though.copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLy26njvD1
“How do you contact anyone? How does anyone contact you?”copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKtyVsGmHo
“Letters, of course.” He smiled slightly.copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡML4PiACdjL
He meant email, of course, but I played along anyway. “Okay, what’s your address?”copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQwiTDGd9j
“Wolverhampton House.”copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡe13IzZbfmT
I paused with the note application open on my smartphone. “Yeah, but what about outside here? What about your pare—”copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8EJYWjAaC
I cut myself off abruptly and pretended to type something. I’m not the only one with parental issues here. I’d never once heard Will talk about his family.copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTtTcnwTAG
“I don’t know where they live,” he said, facing the sky again.copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPHgyhgJxC
Nobody knows better than me to leave it at that, so I didn’t say anything else.copyright protection209ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbLhUJeeko
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