I rolled my eyes at her. “Worrying is going to keep me from getting hurt?” She crossed her arms in front of her chest and raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say anything. I turned to Rebecca. “So are you going to let us stay or what?”
“If you’re sure that’s okay?” She looked at me, to Jaden and back to me.
“Yes!” we both said, me a little more empathically.
“Jaime? How do you feel about this?”
Jaime looked up from her blueberry oatmeal. “It’s fine. I’m used to it.”
A flash of something went across Rebecca’s face. Hurt maybe. “Okay then, sounds like a plan. Let’s hurry up and get this over with.”
We finished up eating without much talking. I hadn’t heard Lucy say a word all morning. She just sat there with her earbuds in. But she was looking a little happier than normal, which didn’t take
