Benny’s POV
Eralia and I drive toward the bakery mostly in silence; the bakery assistant seemingly lost in her own thoughts, her bro furrowed as she stares out of the passenger side window at the passing scenery. I try a few times to talk to her, but though she responds to everything I say, I can’t shale the feeling that she is not completely with me.
I assume her distraction is because of her brother Austin, and whatever issue he has at school right now, which is clawing away at me because I don’t know what the problem is. Despite her aassuring me more than once that everything is OK with him, I can still sense that something is about it is playing on her mind. She's chewing on her lower lip, and the crease of her brow only deepens with every minute that passes, taking us away from the
