Chapter 12

We ate in relative silence, enjoying our meals. I was stuck in my own head again, thinking about my sister. I still struggled with what to do about the realization I'd come to earlier. It bugged me that I didn't pick up on her change in attitude towards me when I visited last and wondered why she didn't hate me for treating her so badly last time, or never coming home. I must have zoned out pretty hard because I didn't hear Tori speaking to me until she said my name.

"Huh. What?" I replied.

"Are you done?" She asked with a smile. She was standing across the counter from me now with her empty plate. I looked down to see mine was all but empty.

"Oh. Yeah, I'm done," I said, handing her my plate.

Tori took the plates and placed them by the sink before tying her long hair into a ponytail. She filled the sink with steaming water and added some washing detergent.

"You were a million miles away. What's up?" She asked as she began scrubbing the dirty cookware I