nly one who showed any

hed with worry. "Sarah, child, Davi

ter like a victory flag. "Mark is taking me out to celebrate

oing over Jessica

her said, loud enough for me to hear

added. "Missing her exam

uises from being tied up in that storage room w

ally got home, hours later

," Father said. "Clumsy." They didn't want to believe Mark, their golden boy son

so kind to Mark, even when you were little. Remember when you helped him with that scienc

throat. I had been ki

ma," I said, my voice surprisi

hung in the air: M

ner. It was a small place, but the tips

or jingled, and in wa

expensive booth, t

ak, the loaded baked potato

iling me! He already put a down payment on a little house for us, just

of keys with a s

valent of a king's ransom.

es. "So, Sarah," she said, her voice dripping with false sympat

face neu

to hear. "Mark, don't you think you should give Sarah something? A lit

n his face. He pulled out his wallet. "Yea

led out a twenty-dollar bill. "He