Ben stared at me, wide-eyed. A few other students had gathered around us, waiting to go inside the classroom. “You’re blocking the door,” I reminded him. He stepped into the room, and I followed him to our desks at the back of the class. “Why would she say that?” he asked once we were both sitting. “That’s…” He clutched his hand as if feeling a phantom hangnail after hearing me read Naomi’s letter. “That’s disturbing.”