I’ll kill him. Tell me now, Maple.
 
 Maple
 
 Oh no! Bad signal, got to gooooooo
 
 Maple
 
 Water your plants.
 
 D
 
 Brat.
 
 The interaction should have angered me, or at the very least irritated me. But as I put my phone down, I couldn’t keep the shit-eating grin off my face.
 
 Chapter 7
 
 Mable
 
 Ten weeks later
 
 Maple
 
 We are all in agreement, right? Doctors are evil?
 
 D
 
 Why are you at the doctor’s? Please don’t tell me you fell down the stairs again. I swear you need a keeper.
 
 Maple
 
 No one is up to that job.
 
 J
 
 Are you okay???
 
 Maple
 
 I’m fine! Well, I’m pretty sure I am. I’ve been feeling a little lightheaded, so I’m probably deficient in some vitamin and need to go get a blood test. It’s probably the stress of exams.
 
 D
 
 You eat like a toddler that has no self-restraint. Of course you’re deficient in vitamins.
 
 Maple
 
 I occasionally eat a salad.
 
 D
 
 Not good enough.
 
 Maple
 
 I even drank a smoothie the other day!
 
 J