Perry showed up for breakfast as usual that morning.
Sarah and Mara had arrived earlier. When they spotted Perry walking in, both of them tensed up a bit, silently hoping she was okay.
Sarah even made a point to wander over to the pot of red bean porridge. "You really have this stuff every day?"
Perry didn't exactly eat it daily, but lately she had gotten into the habit of starting her morning with a bowl. There were other options too—millet, eight-treasure, plain rice porridge—but the red bean one was her current pick. "What, does it concern you?"
Sarah had meant to be nice, maybe casually check how Perry was doing. After getting snapped at like that, her tone took a sharp turn. "Right, doesn't concern me. Trying to be nice, and this is what I get. Forget it."
"Nice? Didn
