Before Sisse could see much more her mother stepped in front of her, “Don’t look dear.” She whispered quietly, much to Sisse’s mortification. Her friends never treated her as delicate and now here her mother was doing just that.

She peeked around as she heard Calla speaking to all of them, her mother answered for her. “Yes, we should be leaving.”

Sisse said good bye to her friends, gave Sloane a gentle pat on the shoulder and then allowed her mother to usher her out of the room.