Chapter 1 · The Rest Stop
The bus stopped at a mountain rest stop at 11:40 a.m., and Ava was the first one off.
She did not need the bathroom. She needed a locked door.
Inside the last stall, she unzipped the small pouch she always wore across her body and took out her fast-acting insulin pen — the one for meals.
First she checked her phone: 142, the little arrow flat. Then she dialed the dose, pinched the skin of her stomach, and pressed. The class would eat lunch here, and she needed her insulin before she did.
Four years of practice made it quick. Ten seconds. A tiny sting. Done.
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