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The tension between the two of them must have been palpable, because when they walked into the office my mom and Elena exchanged a glance.
“Everything okay, kids?” Elena asked.
“Sure,” Halli said cheerfully.
“Fine,” Will muttered.
There were only two empty desks, so Halli waited until Will sat at one of them. She took the other.
My mom wasn’t kidding about the amount of work that had piled up. There were bills, letters, and a nice, friendly stack of returned donor cards that had come with either checks or credit card numbers. That was always my favorite pile to see. It meant my mom might be able to pay herself her salary that month, which meant we could afford our own bills at home.
Halli flipped through the papers. She stared at the computer screen to see if she could figure out
