Her own hand

Luna’s journal.

What she wrote when nobody was going to read it — filed by the room she wrote it in, and by who it’s about. One page each.

14 entriesat the farmhouse

The same night, after dinner

The long table

Ten years and he can still do that thing where the rest of the room quietly stops existing.

The rest is in the Vault

Days later, correcting myself

Our bedroom

I didn't go home at one in the morning. I want the real version in here, because the version I have been…

The rest is in the Vault

He already knew

Josh told him. Yesterday morning, before the coffee. Mentioned it in the yard like it was the weather, because…

The rest is in the Vault

He did the thing

The yard

I should write down what the staring game actually is, because if anyone ever reads this book they will need…

The rest is in the Vault

First morning back

The kitchen island

A note on the island. Didn't want to wake you. Coffee's still warm.

The rest is in the Vault

Tuesday, nothing happening

The kitchen

He came in from the field with dirt on him and stood in the doorway not saying anything, and I kept cutting,…

The rest is in the Vault

Three weeks in

The shop takes him at six and gives him back at eight, and the farm takes what's left, and I know all of this…

The rest is in the Vault

Late, and nobody is asking me this

Nobody has asked me this, so I am going to ask myself and answer honestly, once, and then put the book away.

The rest is in the Vault

Walking back up the road

The farm road

He left the truck at the bottom and walked up, which added twenty minutes and gave neither of us anything to…

The rest is in the Vault

He asked about Tyson tonight

Our bedroom

Josh asleep beside me, breathing the way he has breathed next to me for ten years, and I lay there running a…

The rest is in the Vault

Our bed, and I'm writing it down anyway

Our bedroom

I'm in love with Tyson.

The rest is in the Vault

Late, and he's still up

My phone was face-down on the counter and it is now face-up, and I know that I left it face-down.

The rest is in the Vault

Late, alone

The bathroom

Candles, because the overhead light is honest and I wasn't up to it.

No date, I've lost track

Sad in the morning. Angry by about four. By the evening I am mostly just tired and slightly amazed at how much…

The rest is in the Vault