Chapter Seventeen
“Good morning, sunshine. You sleep okay?” Ryan said as he poured himself another cup of coffee, dressed in blue jeans and an old T-shirt, barefoot, because he was taking today off, as well.
Alison said nothing and gave him nothing, just walked around him and waited for him to move so she could pour herself a mug of coffee. She dumped in what seemed to him like a ton of sugar and stirred it with a spoon.
“You know it would probably do your grandma some good if you went and hung out with her today,” he added.
Alison shrugged.
He and Jenny had told her the night before that she’d be staying home from school for the next little bit, considering the spotlight. It seemed time was all that would settle the talk in town.
At the same time, he could see from her lack of respo
