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Show Inside Out, 126 plaid shirt, which was odd for a work day. He came over to me and kissed the top of my head. I jerked up to look at him. He hadn 't done that for months. "I love you, Terra," he said. He rubbed my head, like you would do to a four-year-old kid. "I really do love all of you." My heart belly-flopped onto my stomach. Something was really wrong. "Oad-"Isaid. "I've got to go. I'll see you a little later," he said, and he went out to the living room and then out of the house. I heard his car drive away. The next day I was worried. I knew it was just another business trip, but this time felt different. Maybe because he had kissed me. I decided to talk about it with Joe. He was eating, of course, since that was the only thing he ever came home for. I said, "Joe, I think something's up with Oad. He said, "So what's new?" I said, "No, I mean he was funny when he left." He said, "So?" I said, "Joel What if he has GONE gone? What if he doesn 't come back?" |