59 Chapter 59

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was a force to be reckoned with. It followed me in from Lucy's mom's SUV, and now it was making my orange chicken taste a little sour. Lucy didn't seem to mind, though, as her head bopped back and forth to the tune, and she manipulated her chopsticks like she'd been using them her whole life. I preferred a fork, and right now, I was contemplating shoving it into my eye. This song needed to stop.

"I hope my mom didn't get lost," Lucy giggled. "Either that, or she accidentally stumbled into Sephora on her way to the car." Mrs. Burk, who never seemed to eat anything, had given us some money for lunch and said she'd be back later under the guise of taking the bags to the car, though I agreed with Luce; she was probably shopping again by now.

"So how's your sister?" Lucy asked, taking a slurp of her pop. "When will she be home?"