After what seemed like an eternal monologue about clothing, fast food, bubblegum, and hot dogs, he finally got to his point: which was that he was going to move out of the house and into an apartment in Belltown, the trendy neighborhood on the northwest end of downtown Seattle, just around the corner from Hope.
This made Jordan’s heart pound with anxiety – harder than she had ever felt it. Her face turned red under the ghost sheet. Her skin began to sweat. Tears formed in her eyes. She had had no idea this was where his odd speech was headed.
She knew he had been distant. She knew he had been over in New York with his team. She knew Melissa had been there with him. She knew he and Mom hadn’t been doing well.
But this?
