Must be dinner time, Alex thought, letting the car idle as he watched Jamie stare out the window. “Well,” he said, loath to see the day end. He yanked up the parking brake and forced a smile that Jamie didn’t turn around to see. “Here we are.”
“I hate this place,” Jamie whispered. “I don’t want to get out.”
Alex sighed. “Jamie—”
Suddenly Jamie kicked open the door and jumped out of the car, his anger returning. He slammed the door shut and began to storm off, heading for the shelter. Twisting the keys from the ignition, Alex climbed out of the car and hurried after him. “Jamie, wait.”
Jamie stopped at the edge of the fence that hemmed in the shelter’s property. He crossed his arms and bunched his shoulders as Alex hurried up to him. “What?” he asked, sullen, when Alex stepped in fr
