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A little while later, you find yourself standing at the patio door watching Talia float on her back in the pool. She lies there with her limbs all splayed out like she's trying to make a snow angel, motionless as a corpse, staring at the stars. Or just one star, you guess.
"Did you get your homework done?" K-Mom asks, sneaking up.
"Nope."
She sighs.
"Is Mom all right?" You ask. "She's been gone forever."
"I just talked to her. She's fine. Quit worrying."
"None of this is normal. Why shouldn't I worry?"
"You want to go grey at 16? That's why. Mind what's in your control -- like homework. And forget the rest."
You keep watching Talia. She gently drifts across the cyan surface of the pool.
"Are you going to talk to your Dad anytime soon?" K-Mom asks.
"He told you too, huh."
"Only that you're mad at him, he deserves it, and he'd like to hear from you."
You cock your head so severely that your cheek nearly makes contact with your shoulder and you give K-Mom a look. "Gee, I'd love to. But I have homework."
You startle at the sound of your text notification. It's Summer.
>FUCK! WE HAVE HOMEWORK!
Bitch reads your mind, you swear...
[ ] Go talk to Dad.
[ ] Go to Casa Denali and study up with Summer.
[ ] Stay home with K-Mom and Talia, and wait for N-Mom to get back.
[ ] Take a breather at BRB.
