The Visit

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CHAPTER 36: THE VISIT

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Yuki was waiting for me at the gate on Monday morning.

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She looked tired. Not sleepy-tired. The other kind. The kind that comes from lying awake all night with a question you can't answer.

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"I went to her house," she said.

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"I figured."

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"She wasn't there."

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"What do you mean?"

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"Her mother said she was sick. She said she was resting. She said she couldn't come to the door."

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Yuki looked at me.

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"I stood outside for twenty minutes. I could hear someone moving around inside. I could hear someone crying. But the door stayed closed."

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She didn't say anything else.

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I didn't ask.

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We walked to class together.

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Hana wasn't at her desk. Her bag wasn't on the hook. Her shoes weren't in the shoe locker.

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Yuki sat down and stared at the empty chair across the aisle. She didn't take out her books. She didn't check her phone. She just sat there.

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The teacher asked where Hana was.

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"Home sick," Yuki said.

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The teacher nodded and moved on.

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Nobody else asked.

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At lunch, we went to the roof.

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Yuki came. Ren came. Mei came. Charlotte came even though no one had invited her.

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There were five of us now. One less than yesterday.

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Ren didn't make any jokes.

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That was the loudest thing that happened all day.

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"I'm going back tomorrow," Yuki said.

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"You already went."

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"I'm going back."

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"She said she was sick."

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"She's lying."

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Yuki looked at me.

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"You know she's lying."

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I didn't answer.

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"You know something," she said. "I can tell. You've known something for days."

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I looked at her.

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"I don't know anything," I said. "I just noticed."

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"Noticed what?"

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I thought about it.

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"That she's been holding her left arm close to her body," I said. "That she hasn't been using her left hand. That she flinches when people touch her."

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Yuki stared at me.

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"When did you notice that?"

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"Last week."

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"And you didn't say anything?"

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"What was I supposed to say?"

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Yuki didn't answer.

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She looked at the athletic field. The maintenance worker was pushing his cart. The cherry trees were green and ordinary.

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"I hate this," she said.

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"What?"

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"Not knowing what to do."

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I didn't say anything.

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