Summer

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I know she doesn't like coming to visit me anymore.

It used to be I could have her for the whole break.

Then it was half of the summer.

Now it's just two weeks.

I can't give up this time I have with her. Whatever she wants to do, I'll do.

But she doesn't need anything from me. She doesn't need me at all.

I overheard her tell Renee she doesn't like it here. That it's boring, and too wet, and she misses home.

The only time I feel like I'm truly alive is when she's sleeping under my roof.