“That’s it,” Jumper heard Brandon say to his dad. “The others have all left. We’re it. And everything that wasn’t sent ahead is now loaded.”
Jumper’s dad made no apparent attempt to hide his grief as he looked around the courtyard. Jumper’s mom—Anne—consoled him by putting her arms around him, looking up, and smiling with hope. She wore an orange dress, preferring old style Earth clothes to the modern Banorian-produced climate-controlled outfits. Jumper loved that about his mom. She was unpretentious, and would go anywhere Dad did without complaining, always just thankful for her husband and son.
Jumper knew Kayla would never be like that. She was too spoiled, and had too many leftover issues from her parents splitting up. Jumper originally hoped her parents would find their way back to
