Harold’s thumb blazed purple. He hadn’t said anything. Which meant the lie was happening in someone else’s throat.
The front door creaked open.
Harold sat in the dim glow of his bedroom, curtains drawn against the afternoon sun. Three months had passed since the Incident—that’s what his mother called it now, voice lowering whenever she said the words. Three months since he had accidentally broken the space-time continuum by sneezing into a microwave while trying to reheat leftover curry. harold kumar 3
His mother stood abruptly. “You’ve been gone four years. You don’t get to walk in here and talk about dishes.”
Harold blinked. “The first?”
“Leena, please—”
The flamingo dropped the folder on the table. Inside were photographs—Harold, but older. Harold, standing in a ruined city. Harold, holding a device that looked like a microwave welded to a toaster. Harold, screaming at the sky. Harold’s thumb blazed purple
He sighed and padded downstairs. The dining table was set for three—him, his mother, and the empty chair where his father used to sit before the divorce. His mother had started setting it again last week. Harold pretended not to notice.
The flamingo honked. Harold was pretty sure it was agreeing. The front door creaked open
“I knew it,” Harold muttered. “The flamingo is a sign.”
A man stood in the hallway. He was tall, brown-skinned, with Harold’s same tired eyes and his mother’s sharp cheekbones. He wore a lab coat stained with something that looked suspiciously like starlight.
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