Flanna found it difficult to join in on the dinner conversation, twirling her spaghetti around her fork in mindless patterns while Jason and her father discussed the events surrounding Mrs. Lange. At one point, Helen attempted to steer the topic toward a less grisly subject, but Colin’s quiet explanation that this would lend clarity in finding Romm quickly silenced her. There was more work to be done. Their dedication to the task at hand was all too clear.
She made sure she was the first to rise, scraping her plate clean before anybody could comment on her lack of appetite. It always managed to disappear when she had a lot on her mind. In spite of the newfound shift in her relationship with Jason, the information he’d shared, combined with her father’s cryptic attitude, left her flounderi
