C15 FIFTEEN

This Hallowed House

ROSE

Following darkness like a dream,

Now are frolic. Not a mouse

Shall disturb this hallowed house.

—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

JASMINE AND I stared each other down in my doorway as Derek loaded the cars with as much of our belongings as we could pack in such a hurry.

She folded her arms over her chest