"Hey mom. What's up?"

Both males watched as she flinched slightly, a grimace on her face as she pulled back one hand from the wheel to hold the phone more comfortably.

Sam frowned lightly when she switched to Japanese, though Bee was able to understand everything. Turns out the friends she had originally went into town with called her mother and told her what happened. But she cleared things up, said her parting words and then tossed her phone back into her bag.

"Everything alright?"

"Yup! Just peachy!" she threw him a strained smile.


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