Chapter 16: Just Saying, Just Saying

The girl standing in the doorway wore jeans and a pair of white sneakers. Her bangs fell neatly to her brows, and her hair, neither long nor short, rested right on her shoulders. Her eyes were bright, as if a whole river of stars had been tucked inside them. Around her pale neck hung a necklace. The metal had faded a little, like it had been worn for years. A heart-shaped pendant rested against her collarbone. It couldn't have been expensive. "I'm not interrupting, am I?" the girl asked with a...