Miaka sat by the bathroom door, waiting for the boy to finish whatever was taking so long inside. She heard the faucet turn and the trickle and sloshing of water.
I hope he isn’t making a mess, thought Miaka, dreading having to make idle chit-chat with Lani. The cleaning girl had returned not long after the visitor—Lilah—had departed. Eyes cold and sad, Lani had stared at the floor while continuing her work without a word to anyone, as though the jaw-dropping revelation never occurred. Miaka felt guilty about what happened. Deep down she knew that she was not responsible for any of it, but the niggling feeling wouldn’t rest.
When Miaka became part of what she now referred to as Team Kai she remembered offering to babysit Milo. That was probably the reason her current duties were dumped
