Science lessons are about the solar system that day.
It's hard to concentrate when you know there's more out there, beyond the moon, beyond Neptune, beyond the farthest dwarf planet and definitely far beyond your reach. You know there is life out there.
—that he is out there.
Ms. Sanches keeps talking, but your attention drifts. You stare out the window, at the cloudless sky, wondering where he is right now. Is he scared? Is he safe? Is he okay?
Is he even still alive?
You don't know, and it scares you.
But you can't do anything to help.