It was such a bad idea to be here that she almost thought she heard her mother calling her to dinner. But Ellie knew that even her mother’s booming voice couldn’t reach her all the way out here. And so she walked. She was drawn to meet the sunbeam in the distance… an affliction that she’s had for all her life. Memories full of sunlit shapes through windows, but Ellie never did know when or why they were. Tears swelled up in her eyes as she inched closer to the light. A flash of Nathan’s warm hand sliding the ring onto her finger. She looked down and saw a flattened penny on the track. And she ignored the roaring whistles that screamed at her from behind, only hearing Nathan’s voice as she picked up the faceless Honest Abe.
