Kristal laughed as she pinched Ruby’s small round face making her yelp.

“hey! Don’t do that!!”

Kristal ignored her and said “you didn’t ask me how my trip was or how is dad, you said I took too long to come back.”

“OK...sorry baby sis. How was your trip to the mundane...” Ruby started but was cut off by Kristal’s sassy response.

“It would have been fine if you had asked earlier.”

Ruby chuckled “how is dad?” she ignored her attitude and asked instead.

At that question, Kristal remembered how her dad forced her to go on a date with Mateo. She instantly became cold. “he’s OK.”

Ruby felt the...