I held up nine fingers, which made me drop the rag again. I glared at it, but at least I think I was done with it for the day. The kitchen was as good as it was going to get until new paint was applied. That was not something I knew how to do. Although, I could probably learn how to do it.
“So right after I left.”
I nodded once. I had made sure to wait until Jasper had left before coming over here.
“I take it you’re feeling better, at least.”
Another nod.
“Well, I guess the least I can do for your troubles, is order some take out for us?”
Looking around the counters, I spotted the notebook that I left there hours ago.
No thanks. Roast in crock pot
At the mention of food, my stomach growled. My cheeks heated.
“Did you eat lunch?”
I shook my head slowly. I had forgotten all about it, actually. Most of the time, I didn’t eat that meal anyways. Dawn had told me more than once that I couldn’t skip meals, but it had yet to stop me. I ate snacks though. Sometimes. Just not today.
“How much more work do you have in this room?”
Clean up my stuff
I planned to leave everything here, stashed away in the hall closet that wasn’t being used. I’d be back tomorrow to work in another room.
Leave it all in closet
Just in case Jasper thought he needed to help take everything back to my house.
“Good, although I don’t think you need to help. I really do have it under control.”
Don’t mind
“Don’t you have school, though? Surely, you’d have something better to do than clean.”
I shook my head.Ask Dawn. She’ll explain
“Or you could just explain,” he hedged.
Ugh.
Homeschooled. Sorta. Past is a mess so learning is different for me.
Hopefully that explained well enough. If not, Dawn would happily tell him all about it.
“Don’t you want to go to public school? Be around kids your age?”
Heck no.I shook my head quickly while tossing the rest of the cleaning supplies into the mop pocket. The idea of being around a bunch of other people for eight hours a day sounded like a second hell. As long as Dawn let me learn how I wanted, I would never step foot into a school building.
“It’s not healthy to only have a few people you surround yourself with.”
Same thing Dr. Shaw had said more than once. It still was better than being where I came from.
Working on that. Go shopping. Went to store alone now
“That’s good.” He seemed like he had more to say, but was holding back. Before he could say whatever was on his mind, I waved towards the door, hoping he understood that I was ready to head out.
