<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:19f309da-1894-49bb-a76f-d8336367a65e" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body><a id="p50"/> <h1 class="chaptertitle ">Nothing Good About Bye</h1> <p class="left "> <em>I’m sorry, honey.</em> </p> <p class="left ">I don’t understand. Everything was going great. Y’all didn’t give me any heads up.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>This doesn’t change how much we still love you.</em> </p> <p class="left ">Mm-hmm.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>How about a game of Ping-Pong?</em> </p> <p class="left ">Nah.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>Look, Nicky, this is tough, I know, but we’ll get through this.</em> </p> <p class="left ">How?</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>I’ll be back in two weeks, and your father and I will figure some things out, okay?</em> </p> <p class="left ">Sure.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>No cereal for dinner, and no skipping Etiquette.</em> </p> <p class="left ">Sure.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>There are bus passes in the kitchen drawer.</em> </p> <p class="left ">Mm-hmm.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>One-word answers now, that’s all your mother gets?</em> </p> <p class="left ">Are we done yet? I have some homework to finish.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>I’m gonna miss you, honey.</em> </p> <p class="left ">What about Dad? Aren’t you gonna say goodbye to him?</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "> <em>We already said our goodbyes, Nicky. Now come give me a big hug.</em> </p> <p class="left ">. . .</p> </body> </html>