Orsai and her family move soon after,
and for a terrifying m o m e n t
I fear that they're gone
for good
for ever
but Father drives us again
the very next Saturday,
and leaves us at their new doorstep
with a gruff,
"I gotta go shopping,
be good."
and the breath I've been holding
rushesoutofme
and I find myself smiling
as I knoch at their door
with Suki beside me.