Chapter 52

• The electricity is back on, so I steel myself for another attack and head back into the living room to try out the sound system I saw tucked in the corner, but she’s beat me to it and is sitting on the edge of the sofa, flicking through tv channels that are ghosting so bad, the picture is flicking across the screen.
• She tosses the remote and looks at me, a challenge, and a question in her statement. “I’m going to watch a movie while the electricity is on.”
• I fold my arms across my chest. “Okay. Why are you telling me? You want me to make popcorn, or help you choose?”