Chapter 16 Tiny Bomb, Bigger Heart 2

I look at the creature. “Why does he only have one wing?”

“Because he fell,” Hazel says seriously. “But he got up again.”

I blink.

Jade and Gemma go quiet for a beat too, then glance at each other.

“I’ll take that as a metaphor, thanks,” I mumble, patting Hazel’s head.

Hazel beams, her small crooked...