[Aldo]
“I think it’s about time we got lunch, right?”
Dawn looks at me like I’m in trouble. Like it was my fault to bring up all the history with her brother. I suppose I am in a way, but I didn’t mean to. I didn’t even get to tell her about the text I received from him.
About his first days with Luca. I almost crack up from the thought, but if I did that, then surely I’d be in even more trouble.
Dawn just grunts at my offer of food.
“C’mon. The roadhouse is just a mile away. I saw the sign for it before; Let’s get some pancakes.”
“We’re stopping for lunch,” Dawn says, arms still folded. “Pancakes aren’t lunch.”
“You’ve never had pancakes for lunch? Let me change that.”
She twists her lips, stares out at the passing highway, then finally smiles.
I grin back, knowing I’ve chipped
