lined with blue and purple hydrangeas leading up to a brick townhouse
with black shutters. Black, shiny Suburban with a sticker reading “My
Kid is an Honors Student at Roosevelt High” that had classical music
in the console and educational documentaries in the backseat for long
road trips. A small beagle running in the front yard that responded to
the laughter of the younger brother by jumping on him and nipping
his fingers as the boy covered his face and shrieked with giggles. All the
bystanders had that look on their faces of astonishment and wonder as
they placed themselves mentally in that house, sitting in that car, playing
with that dog. All of t