say softly

He first heard of Clemente when he was 6 years old and he watched his father, carrying that day’s New York Daily News, approach his mother in the kitchen of their apartment and say softly, “Do you know that Roberto died?”

“But I am your page,” I say softly.

“Jay’s not going to last, Nessa,” I say softly, carefully.

“A place for when you’re sad,” I say softly.

I drop it into her case and say softly, “Thank you.”