Chapter 28Snow fell from the saturated gray clouds several mornings later while I sat at one of the tables in front of my high school. Although not much of it stuck to the ground because the air was devoid of the bitter coldness, which was a relief.
A hand soon tapped me on the back, and I lifted my gaze off the textbook. “What do you want, Taylor?”
He clenched his jaw. “My mom got a new job a couple of days ago.”
“Why are you telling me this?”
There was nothing wrong with occasional rudeness. Taylor was obnoxious at the best of times. He blindly followed Queen Vivian since she did no wrong in his eyes. It wasn’t that I wanted to force my political beliefs on him. I just wanted to live in a world where detention camps weren’t a go-to for solving problems.
He cracked a smile. “I miss y
