a wish, then surely it must come true, right? He
thought about Evelyn, and the bruises on her. He
thought about her nasty house, and how he hasn’t
seen her for weeks. All he wanted was for Evelyn to
be happy. He looked up towards the dark clouds.
God, he said, I know I’m not the best. I tease the
younger kids and get into fights, I don’t help around
the house as much as I should. But Evelyn, she’s the
sweetest girl I ever met. She doesn’t deserve this.
Please help Evelyn be happy, please make her dad go
away, and please please let her come back to me so
we can play together and tell stories like always. He
looked down at his coin again, and then threw it as
hard as he could into the ocean.