JUSTINA Then I just had to break the silence. "How'd it go?" I asked. “With Adonis’s appointment?” "Good," Gregor said, pulling out into traffic. "Actually, good. I'm not going to pretend I understood half of what the doctor said, all those numbers and percentages, but Adonis seems to be doing decent. By their standards, anyway." "That's something," I said, letting myself exhale for what felt like the first time all day. "He's at school right now." I turned to look at him. "He's what?" "At school. I arranged it. Figured he could use the normalcy." "I don't know if he needs that right now, Gregor." I sat up straighter, the good mood from a second ago curdling fast. "He's on medication. He's got appointments stacked on appointments. That's already a lot for a kid his age to carry. You

