CHAPTER NINE
Chloe entered the front door less than twenty seconds after Steven. She felt tiny darts in her back all the way home from the stares of the people they would have as neighbors for the foreseeable future. When she closed the front door behind her, she saw Steven sitting on the couch, looking at the floor and clenching his fists. He was fuming.
“Talk to me, Steven,” Chloe said.
“Who the hell acts like that when you’ve first met someone?” he asked. “Who acts like that, ever?” When it was clear that Chloe intended to give no answer, he kept going on. “The good news is that your sister found another outcast that’s perfect for her. Neither one of them knows how to act when they’re around other civilized people. What a joke.”
“That’s not quite fair,” Chloe said. “Danielle at leas
