There’s another strange thing about the tan-and-pink house with the bright light. Every day so far, this house showed up right next to the Empire State Building. It’s something that would make her believe in signs if she believed in signs. No, she simply likes it for a reason she can’t explain. It feels right. She writes down its coordinates and stares at the numbers until her eyes hurt. She finds the house with the light, and when she sees it, she feels hope. • • • The wife in the house with the lights has never felt so hopeless.

