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“Sarah, do you want help with that?” Luca asks, pointing at the plastic bags

I shake my head and continue on my way

“Ha! You think she’s going to listen to you? She knohat you are now, because I told her,” Morin that exposes her yellow teeth

“Mom, why are you here?” I ask

I’ I need isjust rubsway

Soht this ti thief, I can’t shake my dislike of her, or my fondness of Luca

“I was told by so in his car,” Mom says casually “So I came here to check up on him I didn’t expect it to rain this hard”

“How nice of you,” Luca says, sneezing “As you can see, I’m fine”

“You’re not fine, Luca,” I say I swear even though these two are older than ht now I add, “You need to go home” I turn to o home”

All I want right now is to climb into my bed and hide under the covers, preferably in fetal position Although the clinic’s open, it’smy bones in depression

Luca should be proud of himself He wanted to cureit He was successful Yay

“Daughters aren’t supposed to tell their mothers to leave, dear,” Moer in the air, she adds, “But I was leaving anyway I’ve seen what I came here to see”

“You should go home, too,” I say to Luca when Mom’s out of earshot

He slowly shakes his head Rain splashes over him, and he drips more water every time he moves

“Don’t be stubborn, Luca I know the truth now It’s not soet over”

“You think the truth is that I’m a dealer and a junkie, like yourin his eyes

I shrug

“You believe her over ain

I shrug again