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We met the Weavers the day we moved in. They brought us hot dishes and promised we could stop over anytime we wanted. At first, we saw them a lot. Our kids played soccer in the yard together when they were small, but didn’t hang out much after second grade. We always waved hello, but could go months without seeing each other. We spent a lot of time indoors.

I learned they’d sold their house when their wifi network disappeared the day they packed up and drove to Indiana. I don’t know what happened.

We didn’t bring the buyers anything.

Author: Jeff Fleischer

Jeff Fleischer is a Chicago-based author, journalist and editor. His fiction has appeared in more than fifty publications including the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Journal, Shenandoah, the Saturday Evening Post and So It Goes by the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. He is also the author of non-fiction books including “Votes of Confidence: A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections” (Zest Books, 2016 and 2020), “Rockin’ the Boat: 50 Iconic Revolutionaries” (Zest Books, 2015), and “The Latest Craze: A Short History of Mass Hysterias” (Fall River Press, 2011).