Nina
I c****d my head. My mother smiled up at me and pushed the plate containing my sandwich into my hands.
“Eat up, honey,” she said. “Are you alright? You look like you’ve lost a lot of weight.”
“U-Um… I’ve just been stressed.” I picked my sandwich up off my plate and took a bite, chewing for a moment, before speaking again. “Are you sure you don’t know about the Peacekeepers? The school doctor that I’ve been working with--”
“You know what?” my mother interrupted, stretching and feigning an obviously fake yawn. “It’s late, and we’ve got to be up early tomorrow to catch our flight.”
Now, I frowned and watched as she turned somewhat robotically and started to walk out of the kitchen. “But you said that we would be leaving in a couple of days…”
My mother froze again. “Did I?” she aske
