Chapter 11I spent the rest of the week in Mapleville, going to Morality Meetings with Z and working at the Diner while wishing I was hiding in my room. On Saturday afternoon I finally answered Malaki’s repeated texts in annoyance to tell her I would get a hold of her later that night. As much as I kept trying to act like our mission was no big deal, I knew it could still go wrong. I wanted to soak up the good times with my family in case they were the last ones I had.
After Mom and Dad went to bed I chatted with Mal online about when I would meet her. We also researched bombs. The ones we were going to deliver were the size of a dime and could turn a building into rubble, but there were a lot of other fun kinds we wished we could try, too. I went to sleep with my ear buds in, listening to
