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[She stiffens when the man says her mom and brother might not be here and, for Joy, that means her mother is alone, not that Joy is.] She has to be, they have to be. [Her mother still struggles with the loss of her husband; the only father Joy ever knew, even though all that is a really complicated web she's only just recently learned herself, thanks to that humiliating book her mother wrote about it all. Candace Shapiro Krushelevansky is a great mom, but she's still grieving his death.
Joy gets quiet, reaching to tuck her hair behind her ears and stopping short, remembering she has her hearing aids in.] She needs me. She has to be here.
[Frowning, she swallows thickly and almost gives her friend Amber's name instead, just to be safe, but decided against it.] I'm Joy. ...and I need to go home, she's gonna think I ran away again and she can't. She can't think that, not now, she can't take it. How do I go home? Where's Grand Central? I can take a train.