CHAPTER NINE — THE NEWS

Then came the day everything changed.

Marilyn's mother had received a new job in another town.

They were moving.

“How long?” I asked.

“I don't know.”

“When are you leaving?”

“Next week.”

The room became silent.

I wanted to tell her not to go.

I wanted to stop time.

But I couldn't.

Every movie has a scene nobody wants to watch.

This was ours.