Chapter 39 The Mini-dome Awakens

• That night after Drake had walked out, Lena could hardly breathe. Her chest felt like a hollow cave, her heart beating against walls of grief that refused to collapse.
• The silence in her apartment was broken only by the occasional hum of the tracker Sammy had been working on. She sat slumped at the table, her father’s insurance papers still clutched in her hand, trying not to fall apart in front of Sammy.
• Sammy noticed the stiffness in her shoulders, the redness of her eyes. “Lena, what’s wrong with you?” he asked, his voice filled with the worry of a younger brother who had seen too much already.