“Look,” she says, scrolling. “You look pretty happy to me.” She holds up the screen for me to see. It’s a picture of the four of us at the arcade. Nix is eating cotton candy, Rafe has his arms wrapped around her waist from behind, and I’m holding a giant teddy bear that Adrik won at the shooting gallery. We could all have won bears if the barker hadn’t banned us from the game after Adrik dented half his targets. That bear’s sitting up in Nix’s room right now. Like an idiot, I’m wishing it could fit in my suitcase. “Did you post that pic?” I ask Nix. Adrik is standing right next to me—not
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