The Intruder

by Freida McFadden

don’t have as much experience with adult men being disappointed with me, because I don’t have a father. I

The only way to know if spaghetti is cooked is to throw it at the wall, he used to say.

And people look at me crazy when i do this!

After all, only children think to fetch an adult to help them sleep. As an adult, you just lie in bed, struggling with your insomnia and trying to stave off your own dark thoughts alone.