Jem avoided me for the rest of the day, even during dinner time he sat with Sam discussing things. I didn’t really mind, honestly, because Doris and I were engaged in a conversation about the best way to make the oil for the leather I had on my axe. I hadn’t had a chance to talk to Doris lately and I missed her. ‘Tell me about how you and Sam got together.’ I signed to her when she was finished describing the oil she used on her blade. She blushed, looking over at Sam as he was signing and talking to Jem about something.
Sam was always signing to everyone even if Doris wasn’t around, I thought it was cute he was so used to it that he never stopped. She had told me once that he does it because he wants her to know he’s never trying to purposely hide anything from her. ‘He saved me. He was
