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We step onto the grass to head for the swings and my heart stalls when I meet eyes that I’ve studied before He’s just as shocked to see me as I am him, and I have no doubt that his heart also races in fear

"You okay?" Logan asks

A little girl with many braids in her hair skips up to his her, but still watchesin this world Guess I a annoyer "That’s a narc over there I figured hio He remeo"

Logan glances over at hiers on an

The hunger pangs roll over me like waves and I don’t need to test ar is loalk into the kitchen, toss my keys onto the counter and stop cold

Both Mo at me Because the past twenty-four hours have been completely messed up, I check out the clock on theAbby, but she proo insane if I didn’t return home soon

"Shouldn’t you be at work?" I say to Dad and then to Moering look at each other and I ignore thean?" Mo," I say

I open upof tricks and pause For years I’ve gone out of my way to hide my diabetes from others, hide while I tested because Mo with the reality of e step forward this week, and I’ to be asha of stuff, enter the kitchen, then drop into a seat at the table The seat next to Moer and then test to confir on the table, e

"Hoas baling hay?" Dad asks

"Tough" I choose the container full of spaghetti andin the microwave

Mom’s face is pale and she keeps her eyes locked on the needles "Spaghetti has a ton of carbs"

"I can afford to eat a few" She’s still staring at the needles "Mo attention to me

"Moames anymore I love her, just like Dad did and still does, but I understand why he couldn’t live with her anybird and calls it finding herself when things get too serious

But I understand why Mom couldn’t be with Dad anymore, either His need for consistent and constant smothered her, just like it often smothers me

"I have diabetes"