Chapter 82 Eighty-two

• Carolina
• It only takes a couple of days for Brandon to recover from his bug, and things quickly go back to normal. Forty-eight hours after he first threw up, he's back in the living room, feeding Swimmy his fish flakes and laughing brightly.
• Evans is visibly relieved to see Brandon back in his regular spirits, and I feel comforted both by his happiness, and by Brandon's. The little boy is back to his usual energetic self, and only needed to miss one day of pre-K, much to his consternation.