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“You promised.”
“I know.”
“You said you weren’t doing anything with his name.”
“I know what I said.”
“That’s what a promise is.”
“Yeah.”
She looks angrier now than she did when she came home yesterday.
Good. At least this part belongs where it should.
“Are you sorry?”
“For breaking the promise, yes.”
“Would you still call him?”
There are easier answers.
“Yeah.”
Tova stares at me.
“That’s a terrible apology.”
“Probably.”
“You’re supposed to say you won’t do it again.”
“I’m not going to lie to you after I already broke one promise.”
She folds her arms and keeps glaring, and then some of it leaves.
“He left me alone.”
“I heard.”
“All day.”
I nod. Tova looks down at the floor.
“I should still be mad.”
“You can be.”
“I am.”
“Okay.”
She lifts her eyes.
“And thank you.”
She picks up her backpack.
