Summary

Nate and Abby's relationship still feels strained since their fight. Nate figures that this is the nature of who they are now since their worlds are going in different directions. Nate misses school one day when his mother is able to take him to Boston for a meeting she had arranged for them. Abby is missing more school days, and she and Nate rarely speak anymore. When Nate comes home from school one day, he has received a package he had forgotten that he ordered. He takes the package to Abby's house and leaves it at the front door for her. Abby calls him later that night and tells him to come over.

Nate had given Abby an audio book entitled The Story of My Life, written by Helen Keller, which he had found after Abby mentioned Helen Keller's achievements one day. When...