Rooney is off to Willa’s for a long weekend visit, and it’s not the relief I thought it would be. I loaded her suitcase into Bennett’s Subaru, which he insisted she take because Rooney returned her rental car last week, and she can’t drive my Jeep’s stick shift to save her life. Then I watched her program Willa’s address into her GPS and made her promise to call—hands free—if she got lost. And ever since I saw her disappear from view, I’ve had this ache in my chest that feels like indigestion of the heart. I don’t like it one bit. Normally, I’d paint, work out whatever’s cooking inside me as I
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