Chapter 149

Declan

The afternoon drifted into evening, the way time does when you’re not thinking about it. There was a time when I found that kind of loose, unstructured stretch of hours almost unbearable, like if I wasn’t checking things off a list, then somehow I was failing. Now, though, I get it. There’s nothing quite like time, and honestly, most people don’t realize what a gift it is until they finally