Shortly before midnight, Brianna and Shanelle disembarked the train and walked through New York City"s Penn Station toward the subway entrance. When Shanelle leaned in to hug her goodnight, Brianna unconsciously turned her cheek and rushed through the turnstile without realizing she hadn"t said goodbye. Brianna buried her ability to interpret the near kiss on the train, instead focusing on cornering Lenny in the jazz club once arriving home. She was certain he might have information about her father or clues to her mother"s past.
Brianna exited the subway car ten minutes later, jumping over a pile of vomit and two broken beer bottles—another reason she couldn"t wait to attend college somewhere other than an urban hell. Though home was only a few blocks away, it could have been miles as sh
