Next Summer, Find Me If You Can
"I can be Spider-Man and Batman? Best day ever!"
He turned and bolted up the stairs two at a time, already lost in his own joy, completely unaware of the storm gathering beneath our roof.
Alone in the hallway, my fingers drifted to the pendant resting against my collarbone, the one I had worn every single day for ten years.
I didn't need to look at it to know the words engraved across its surface. 'Next summer, find me if you can.'
I had written that promise for me and Miguel, believing it was the beginning of a love story.