“So, you can put your clothes on this side and then I’ll keep mine on that side. Does that sound okay to you?”
I turned away from the cabinet that I had just spent the last fifteen or so minutes emptying out, only to find that Blair was laying on the bed, her face hidden by the covers of one of the books that she had already started reading. I shook my head, pushing the closet doors closed as I waited for her to realize that her attention had wavered to this extent. But more and more time seemed to passed and her eyes stayed glued to the book, the only audible sound in the room being the turning of the pages.
I decided to leave her be, reminding myself of the fact that she hadn’t had the same access to books as I had while growing up. It was normal for her to be so immersed in a boo
