Dad resumed his work the following week, and it was impossible to see or talk to him during that time.
Evin and Spike helped me arrange the Christmas decorations on my lawn. Right now, whenever Spike came to visit, Ruby tagged along with him. She had to spend time with Liara, but neither of them liked the idea.
I hadn’t seen Julianna in weeks. Every time I asked, Elise told me she either went to work or was in her bedroom. When I saw her yesterday and tried to talk to her, her smile wasn’t genuine, and her eyes were sad and lifeless. It wasn’t my place to worry about her, but no one else in her family remotely noticed the change.
School was weighing heavily on my shoulders, and I felt it with all the tests coming up at once before the winter break. The bakery-work took consumed most of
