The word “family” lands on the table like a grenade nobody else can see. Knox’s boot presses against my ankle and Dominic’s eyes meet mine over the risotto for a half-second before the glasses redirect his gaze to his plate, and the amber flickers once like a pilot light that can’t decide whether to stay hidden.“There’s a farmer’s market on Saturday,” she continues, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear on her way to her seat. “You look tired, baby, are you sleeping enough?”“Just studying late.”“You’ve been saying that for weeks.” She sits down and unfolds her napkin with the precision of a woman who learned table manners from a magazine and practices them like religion. “I worry about you, Ivy. You’re always in your room or at the coffee shop and I feel like I never SEE you anymore.”The guilt hits like a fist because she’s RIGHT – she doesn’t see me, and the reason she doesn’t see me is because every hour I’m not at The Grind House I’m on my knees or on my back or bent over a de
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