I continued stirring the bubbling stew, not paying an ounce of attention to Eliana’s pleading look. "I didn't come here to be anybody's teacher," I said, my voice flat and completely dismissive. "If you want to know how to survive, you can just watch and learn."
Eliana immediately dropped her head, her shoulders trembling right on cue as she forced a couple of tears to well up in her eyes. "Ele... is something wrong?" she whimpered softly, looking like a kicked puppy. "I don't even know what I did to make you so angry. I just... I just want us to be sisters again."
Behind her, Laurie and Ruby simultaneously rolled their eyes. After witnessing her dramatic dive into the pool the night before and her performance on the mountain trail, they already knew Eliana’s tactics. This act of playing
