Chapter 46

ALANA LUCY AND I SAT IN KRISTEN’S OFFICE AS SHE BUSIED HERSELF MAKING US both a cup of sweet tea. Lucy glanced sideways at me. She had been fidgeting and chewing her lip since we sat down. I took hold of her hand and squeezed. We were about to tell Kristen the truth, and later that afternoon we had a meeting with a lawyer that Alejandro had arranged. As a minor, Lucy would have to go into the care system, but Alejandro had paid for the best lawyer in L.A, who would make sure that she got placed with a good foster family who could look after her. Alejandro had sounded so confident that it would all work out, that I believed it would, and that was how I had managed to convince Lucy that what we were about to do was for the best. I could understand her feeling anxious though, and I could feel it coming from her in waves. Eventually, Kristen sat down and handed us each a cup of tea. ‘So, you had something you want