11-13-2026, 11:49 PM
Sterling hugged Marta for real. "You don't have to help an adult, much less us kids. The only one you gotta deal with is you. And Lily when you are on the job -- which you aren't right now. Hayden's got her." Sterling looked to Hayden for an affirmative.
"I got Lily," he said, though his voice was happy and well adjusted he looked annoyed. Probably at Nox, but it was his own damned fault for doing what he did around here. Sterling didn't have any pity for him.
"You get to be a kid."
"I got Lily," he said, though his voice was happy and well adjusted he looked annoyed. Probably at Nox, but it was his own damned fault for doing what he did around here. Sterling didn't have any pity for him.
"You get to be a kid."

