Still, she doesn't want to believe that it could be true. Her heart feels heavy. That's the ugly black thing that's always been there, the reason her father made them keep all their things packed in suitcases their entire lives, why their family tree stops at Lee's grandparents. When she came here, everybody stopped talking about it.
But Michael is from Mars.
Her shoulders are tense. She pulls her head back so she can look up at him, her brows pressed together. Michael has always been so sure about it even in the face of everyone else's disbelief or scorn, and now he's not. Now he sounds scared. "I don't understand what's happening."