“I was thinking,” I said, “maybe we can ring each other over the summer? I mean, maybe we can exchange numbers or something?copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡjE4oGlUItg
Will shook his head, and my heart plummeted. “I don’t have one of those phones.”copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡv46DyadmSi
“Oh.” My heart stopped plummeting, and I laughed at his wry tone. “Really? What about at home?”copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8h3EZhAwk
He shook his head with a slightly odd look on his face. It cleared away almost instantly, though.copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPZQdFc7oG
“How do you contact anyone? How does anyone contact you?”copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUKuxiFKFx
“Letters, of course.” He smiled slightly.copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mFkqjkIUQ
He meant email, of course, but I played along anyway. “Okay, what’s your address?”copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GG2xUHJ16
“Wolverhampton House.”copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq0aUysAj8
I paused with the note application open on my smartphone. “Yeah, but what about outside here? What about your pare—”copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7muNHV72D1
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 protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGIzIftqZv
“I don’t know where they live,” he said, facing the sky again.copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpVxzQ52qp
Nobody knows better than me to leave it at that, so I didn’t say anything else.copyright protection131ＰＥＮＡＮＡayLFmsAtve
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