Haunted

"If you could never go back to your world, what would you miss most?"

Josie thought of Jack and her mother; of her aunt; of how it felt to stand barefoot on the cool driveway pavement early on a summer morning.  "Pumpkin bread," she answered.

"Pumpkin bread," the King repeated.  "What is pumpkin bread?"

"Something worth missing."

The King wondered why Josie's smile seemed so sad.  But this time he did not ask.