Concealing my injuries was easier than I thought it would be. The bump on my head wasn’t visible because of my hair and I wore Cronan’s hoodie which had long, thick sleeves that easily concealed the bandage on my hand and wrist. When I ate, I had to try to use my injured hand to hold a fork which was kind of a nightmare but thankfully it was chop suey night and not chicken or steak night where I would have had to figure out how to put enough pressure to cut something up. So at least we could say one thing went my way today. I kept waiting for my mom to notice or for Katarina to call. I think Theo was worried about the same thing since he seemed on edge, skirting around the conversation. Both of us retired for the night early, overwhelmed with everything that had happened today, a

