ripped from their life at some factory, and a plaid button-up
 
 shirt. Her hair was piled on top her head in a messy bun, and
 
 even without makeup, she was a vision. No wonder people
 
 liked watching her videos about her house. They probably
 
 hung on for the moment when the dark-haired beauty stepped
 
 in front of the lens.
 
 “Yes,” she said, her metal flipper extended up straight in the
 
 air. “I do.”
 
 “Then you understand why I left.”
 
 “Yes. Would you have done it if he hadn’t tried to force you
 
 to marry someone you didn’t want to?”
 
 That was a good question. Cassia wasn’t sure how to answer
 
 that, so she glanced at the pan of eggs instead. As she
 
 suspected, they were burning. She pointed them out and
 
 Adalynn let out a yelp and rushed forward with the flipper,
 
 trying to dislodge them from the bottom of the pan. She cursed
 
 softly, almost out of hearing.
 
 Cassia smiled softly to herself, but she hid it by turning
 
 around to get a glass down from the cupboard. The kitchen
 
 was adorable, with a white farmhouse sink, white appliances
 
 probably from the fifties given their rounded edges and barely
 
 working, energy consuming functions, and powder pink
 
 cabinets. The countertop had been replaced at some time and
 
 was made up with salmon pink square tiles with white grout in
 
 between.
 
 “I’ve seen some of your videos,” she said. “They’re
 
 amazing.”
 
 She turned to watch Adalynn trying to scrape the half-
 
 burned eggs out of the pan onto two plates. She’d made
 
 breakfast the day before instead of going outside early in the