A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret)
Consumed by these musings, I'd almost forgotten where I sat when Dora's overly loud voice rang out,
"Is your mum OK with this? Or did you two fight?"
She approached from her bedroom with a large blanket clutched on two hands. As she came to dump it on the couch, it was an opportunity to give her another once-over.
"I'm not a kid, Dora," I replied.
She'd been giving me weird looks all evening too but hadn't made any comment if she noticed any change. I was sure she did notice.
When we met up earlier, it had taken me exactly five seconds to see that odd similarity. Dora, in fact, was like Sara and Jake. And Nick and Jet and Avery. But much more like Sara.