Indi was greeted by a phone call.
Iris, her sister answered it, as she was about to walk out the door and to the local college campus which she attended her classes at. She picked it up and paused at the news she received.
She didn’t go to classes that day.
She broke the news to Indi.
Indi cried with her sister that day, Iris stroking her hair and nodded every so often whenever Ian, their brother would walk past to check on them or even when their mother or father would wander past, their eyes saddened.
Hank Green had died.
His medals were dusty and no one had bothered to clean him in his absence.
When Indi saw them the next day she cried harder.
She missed her Wednesday afternoon with Atticus, but it was fine since he didn’t turn up either.

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Atticus and Indi.
SpiritualIndi is an atheist, vegetarian ; who orders chocolate milk from a juice bar every Wednesday. Four minutes later, she sits in a confessional sipping her milk that has been placed into a juice cup and talks of her life. On the other side of the scree...