Chapter 78
- "Mom, if you keep messing with my cap, my hair's gonna be this way for weeks." Liana's words were muffled through the fabric, her graduation gown wrinkling as she shifted.
- Amara's fingers stopped their motion, her face in the mirror unfocused through tears. "Sorry. Habit."
- Leo appeared in the doorway, his own eyes inexplicably wet. "Someone's gonna have to climb a ladder to reach the podium at this rate."