The Heiress Nobody Wanted
But it was two sisters at a kitchen counter, heads bent over the same textbook, and for the first time since the night Ariel had arrived, it didn't feel like either of them was keeping score.
"Can I ask you something?" Britney said, once they'd closed the book and the worst of the awkwardness had faded into something more like ordinary quiet.
"Sure."
"Emma and Lila. They're never going to come around, are they. Not really."
Ariel considered the question honestly instead of offering the easy, kind answer. "I don't think so," she admitted. "I think some people need someone to look down on more than they actually care whether that person deserves it. That's not really about me. I just happened