Lena, still seated on top of me, shook her head no. A vehement no. She clasped her hand over her wrist and leaned in to whisper into my ear, “No. I’m happy. I’ve got my daughter and all these people, these neighbors who are like family since we started preparing for the asteroid. Look how together everyone is. I barely knew my neighbors until a year ago, and then word got out that I was the asteroid scientist and we started having meetings and block parties, and Glory found out that there were three other fifteen-year-old girls on the street. We had a variety show last night. I juggled! It was
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