Page 89 of A Series of Rooms

Jonah’s eyes found the stark black lettering printed above the collection.

“‘A Series of Rooms,’”he read aloud.

“What do we think?” Liam asked. “Should I start tossing them off the pier, or can they stay?”

Jonah could feel Liam’s gaze on the side of his face, but he couldn’t tear his eyes away from the gallery of lived snapshots before him.

I love it,he wanted to say.

I love you,he thought, but the words weren’t big enough to fill the feeling.

“Yeah,” was the breathless response that made it to the surface. “They can stay.”