the last book I ever read (Lost in the City: Stories by Edward P. Jones, excerpt two)

from Lost in the City: Stories by Edward P. Jones:

Glady’s father was saying something to her that the two girls could not hear, then, after a few moments, his daughter told him they had to go.

“You call me now, you hear?” her father said. Gladys nodded, but Anita could see that the nod had no truth in it.