Sadie exited the coffee shop and made her way across the parking lot, two cardboard cups of coffee gripped in her hands.

Ms. Rebecca told us that God made the world. She said, God made everything. He made all the things you love. I asked, so God made Benny?

Toast was the name of Dad's rainbow scarab beetle. I say "was" because Toast was found dead on the floor of Dad's office this morning.