Chapter 10
Akira slept solid for a few hours, but at two in the morning, she jolted awake. It took a bit to realize where she was, and she worried that she’d failed to put the flowers from Jade in a vase with water. What if Dad came home, and she wasn’t there? She left no note. On top of that, she was hungry. She headed to the kitchen to look for crackers or something. She stopped in her tracks, but not before she was discovered.
Rosey sat at the kitchen table, leaning on her elbows, a beer in one hand and unlit cancer stick in the other. “Hi, Akira, did you sleep?”
Akira nodded.
“What’s up? I can see it on your face.”
“Worrying about things to do. I feel guilty not being home if Dad gets out of jail, and I’m kinda hungry.”
Like a mom, Rosey abandoned the cigarette and beer and was o
