Though I did know all our water was recycled and, if they could detect the pills in fire, they surely must have been able to detect them in water as well, I leaned over the sink and crushed the remains of my white pill between my thumb and forefinger under the running spigot until it really did dissolve this time. I watched it swirl down the drain myself. Then I finished dressing and hurried to the kitchen table, where the rest of my family was already eating breakfast.
Maybe it was because I knew my affections for Kyer were no longer in vain—even if what we had done the night before was illegal—but I felt lighter than I had in days and even stopped at Brin’s door to wait for her before heading to the monorail platform. This time, it was me who took her hand first and not the other way ar
