Sloane was processing the information in slow motion. "But why?" She asked dumbly, the shock evident on her face perhaps a bit numb from the sheer surprise. She truly did not know how to react. Why? Had she told anyone else? Was she going back to her family home? Would she be around this summer? Was she going to get a job? They were only sixteen! Sloane couldn't wrap her head around it. They weren't supposed to be adults yet.