Chapter Seven
The reaction is instantaneous. Sophia’s face drains of color and she abruptly stands up. I think that we are about to be kicked out but instead she turns around and wanders away. Bennett looks concerned and gets up as well, going over to her. She holds her hand up to stop him and he waits there.
Her breath rattles in her throat and then she turns around to stare at the two of us. I suddenly feel bad, as if we have trapped an animal in a corner and are poking at it with sticks. How would my mom feel if I came by while she was in rehab and brought up something she didn’t like? Or if Emily went over to her father’s and did something similar?
I am about to tell Sophia to forget it, that we will be leaving, but she speaks.
“What about my sister?” she finally says.
Bennett loo
