Love, Ten Years Early — The Wrong Couch

Little Star doesn't need to sound complicated. It just makes a home listen. If understands that, they'll pay for it. This isn't our home. What do you mean? Our family pictures are supposed to be here.

There are pictures of you and Papa, and one of me sitting on both of your scolders. The couch is wrong too. Ours is soft and gray. Papa's yellow blank is always on it because you keep stealing it from him i steal his blanket every night where are papa's tomato grows little tomatoes and strawberries out there did you move all our things before i got

in five years this place becomes a home and noah is the one who turns it into one how can someone this small take up an entire king-size bed What is happening to me? Good morning, Mr. Vale. I brought everything on the list.

Martha, you still bought the cereal with raisins. I told you I don't like raisins. I'm sorry. Have we met? Not yet. His name is Milo. His presence here is confidential. No photos,

no calls, and no discussion with anyone outside this apartment. My contract already covers discretion, Mr. Vail. May I ask who he is?