Status Updates From The Bigger Picture

“I love you,” Sage blurted out before she slapped a hand over her mouth.”

“Do you want me to go?”

“No, Lila and I are in this together. You can’t take away my emotional support person while we battle sickness.”

“That’s not a thing,” Jayden said teasingly.

“It is now.”

“She’d caught Sage’s eye a few times but tried to keep out of her orbit. Her orbit was dangerous.”

“They never excluded Jayden, but still it felt she was outside looking in.”