She flushed and held Kitty's gave despite wanting to crawl under the bed and hide. It sounded stupid when you said it out loud.

"He... Ran away. It freaked him out, I think." And she didn't blame him. It had been a sudden and weird thing to do, looking back on it even after so little time had passed.

"He even forgot his shoes. " Which had been abandoned inside her room near the front of the door when she started to cry.