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into
Pan.”
    “ I guess so,” Wanda
said.
    Ivy nodded.
    “ You know why we’re here?”
Wanda asked.
    “ No, but no one tells me
anything ‘cuz I’m just a kid,” Ivy shrugged. “How are you
feeling?”
    “ My leg hurts,” Wanda
said. “They’re going to have to do surgery on my knee when my bone
heals.”
    “ Sucks,” Ivy
nodded.
    “ I just hope I can still
run,” Wanda said.
    Ivy’s eyes scanned Wanda’s face and flicked
to her body. Sure Ivy was judging her, Wanda looked away. Ivy
touched her arm.
    “ I’m glad you’re here,”
Ivy said.
    “ Why?” Wanda
asked.
    “ It’s nice to not be the
only weirdo here,” Ivy said.
    Wanda laughed. She knew she should be
offended, but Ivy was right. In this room, she and Ivy were the
weirdos.
    “ They told my dad not to
come,” Wanda said. “Even though he was there. Charlie’s new dad and
Tink’s new dad aren’t here either. Why do you think that
is?”
    Ivy shook her head and lifted a shoulder in
a shrug.
    “ Wanda!” Delphie
said.
    She came over and made a fuss. Wanda didn’t
know what was more embarrassing — having Ivy acknowledge her
weirdness or having Delphie’s fuss over her. She was glad when her
mom came over to talk to Delphie.
    “ I saw you with that guy
when we came in,” Ivy whispered.
    “ Frankie?” Wanda
asked.
    “ I don’t know his name,”
Ivy said. “He was there, that night that . . . you
know, with me.”
    Wanda felt ashamed and sad all at once. She
didn’t know what to say.
    “ Oh no,” Ivy shook her
head. “He was just there. When they left, he gave me money for a
cab. He called and waited with me.”
    Ivy scanned Wanda’s face again.
    “ I mean, he could have called the
cops or whatever,” Ivy said. “But I remember how scared he looked
and . . .”
    She shrugged.
    “ Anyway, I won’t say
anything if you want,” Ivy nodded. “He’s pretty cute and he’s
obviously into you.”
    “ You should say whatever
happened,” Wanda said. “He made big mistakes. He has to take the
consequences.”
    Ivy nodded. For a moment, their eyes
held.
    “ I remember him,” Ivy
said. “I was lying there hoping I would die and he kind of
appeared. I don’t know if I’d have made it if he hadn’t just been
nice. I feel stupid because it was so bad, and he really
didn’t do anything much — just money for the cab, you know.”
    Wanda nodded.
    “ Kinda made me think that
everything was gonna be all right,” Ivy said. “And you know
what?”
    The door opened and a woman in a bad suit
came in the room. She was standing in the doorway when the Homeland
Security Agents and the FBI Agent Angie came in behind her.
    “ Everything’s pretty all
right now,” Ivy whispered.
    Wanda squeezed Ivy’s hand. Ivy squinted at
the woman. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Charlie sit up and
lean forward to assess the situation. Tink leaned back and caught
Ivy’s eye. They sat back to let Charlie deal with whatever was
going to happen. Wanda thought that was a good idea so she sat back
too.
    The Homeland Security Agent Art Rasmussen
sat down across from Wanda and Ivy. He gave them a nice smile. The
other Homeland Security Agent Colin Hargreaves sat on the other end
of the table across from Heather and Tink. Wanda’s mom sat down
between Ivy and Wanda and Ivy’s aunts took the end of the table.
Agent Angie had some stern words for the woman in a bad suit before
taking a seat next to the Homeland Security agent nearest
Wanda.
    Ivy squirmed next to Wanda.
    “ What’s going on?” Charlie
sneered.
    “ Charlie,” Sandy said in a
terse whisper.
    “ They come marching in
here and . . .”
    “ No, he’s right,” Agent
Angie said. “We’ve stuffed you in this room and not told you a
thing. Art?”
    “ The problem is that we
have a number of problems,” Agent Art said. He gestured to their
side of the table. “We’ve been arguing over what to do. We finally
agreed to bring the issue to you and let you help