Chapter 5First, though, what I really needed was dinner. By the time I got back to HQ, the sun was setting. My friends were sitting in the lobby’s lounge area. The girls were both watching an old superhero movie on a large holo-screen while Reenah braided Jules’ hair. Gawen was sprawled across one entire couch, snoring lightly.
“Ana, you’re back!” Jules exclaimed. She made to move and Reenah tugged her back by her hair.
“Nuh-uh, not done yet,” Reenah scolded. Then she turned her surly gaze on me. “We were starting to worry about you. Thought you’d gone off all Lone Ranger or some crap.”
“No,” I said, sinking onto a nearby chair. “I’m done with that. We’re a team, remember?”
“Good,” Reenah said sagely. “Just making sure you remember, too.”
“You’re gonna make a great mom someday, you kn
