Chapter 52:
Something's Not Right
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'What's wrong?'
I look up
and then away.
It's Asher.
I'm so distracted
I think he's Tammie.
He doesn't comment
on my reaction.
What's wrong?
Today,
he sits on the bench beside me
even though
I haven't said he could
at our last
staring contest.
Don't talk to me,
I tell him now.
'I'm thinking.'
He looks away.
Doesn't get up
but doesn't leave either.
I search for where
the rowan tree
branches are intertwined.
Even if someone
tried to separate
the two trees
by combing their branches
apart,
they won't let go.
I know this
for sure.
Asher's looking at it too,
thinking the same thing.
Krishna's not tending
the flowers today—
which is why
I'm here trying to sort out my thoughts.
'What have you been doing
'these days?'
I ask him
what she asked me.
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