Robert drifted on his bike, tossed his apple center into the tempest channel, then began siphoning his legs like a neurotic, attempting to beat his thoughts.

What happened in the kitchen, it affected each part of his life.

His mother hadn't told him what happened outside the bathroom door was wrong, a huge mistake that could never happen again, as he had expected.

He hadn't acted the way he expected, either. How would this affect his family? In a sense, his mother had died again, but she still lived with them.

He had friends whose parents were divorced, stepparents and single parents, as Derek, yet he didn't know anyone whose...