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Show Fair Forever. 62 'Only once?' she asked. How far is it?' I told her I wasn't sure. , . • She stared at the light like it was blinking just for her-like it was sending her a message, speaking in flashes of light and dark. Finally, she asked, 'How long would it take-if a person decided to row?' 'To the lighthouse?" I asked. She nodded, but she didn't stop staring. I shrugged. 7 haven't ever thought about it. It would be hard.' 'Hours?' she wondered. Haifa day? All day?' 'A long time:. . . if a person could do it at all.' 7 bet a person could,' she said. I should have known what she was thinking. That's when.her cell phone rang. Suddenly, her face drained white. It rang again, and I think she was pretending she didn't hear. On the third ring, she reached in her pocket and pulled out her phone, her face grim and worried. I could see her studying the screen, reading the name of the caller. She pushed a button and the ringing stopped. She looked up. Wrong number,' she said. Afterwards, Amanda walked to the dock and sat at the end, dangling her feet. She sat therefor the rest of the day. Mom went down to check on her, but Amanda hardly said a word. She never came in for dinner. I waited on the porch until it was too dark to see. Later, in my room, I listened for her coming up the stairs. I fell asleep waiting. She cried again that night. I tried to cover my ears. I dreamed I could hear the phone ringing; and Ihurried in my dream to answer, but Mom was in front of me, |