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she'd only been stuck for a few weeks herself, but she could see why boyd was splitting up unaccompanied minors. colony house couldn't take everyone, and dena had more than enough room. she was lucky. she only got one assignment to other's three or more. she turns towards the girl, brow arching, questions were normal, but she seemed genuinely distraught about her circumstances.

"let's slow down and start with names first. after, i'll explain as best i can. my name is dena. what's yours?" she replied, keeping the skittish teen in her sights and watching for victor to come around the corner.

@bellemcrte +a from starter

She stepped off the bus, confused and a little nervous to be at a stop that wasn't scheduled. She was supposed to be in California tomorrow, reuniting with her dad and asking him if she could stay. By now, her mom called him and warned him she was coming. The sherrif, Boyd, told everyone to get off, then explained no one would be leaving and assigned minors to adults. She'd been assigned to Dena.

"What does he mean we aren't leaving? I am supposed to be meeting with my dad."

she feels a little bad for the kid, she does, but he father's name draws her short. "howard, as in the shitty cowboy movies every dad in America lives for howard?" she asks, genuinely concerned this girl may be the child of her own dad's idol. it would be her luck. "and touching me isn't going to prove anything. you're awake, and you're stuck here like the rest of us."

regardless, everyone was stuck here, and dena wasn't going to sugarcoat their situation to her like that. could she have been more delicate about it? probably. all she knows is they've got very little time to get inside for the night, and janey looks skittish. "alright. he'll come. all dad's do, but uh, we can't stay out here. we have to get inside, so if you don't mind walking and panicking? it'd be super helpful."

"Janey. Janey Howard." She greeted and proceeded to pull her backpack a little closer to her chest as people flooded off the bus around her. This had to be some kind of nightmare. She reached out and touched Dena's arm. It had to be some sort of really realistic nightmare. "My dad, his name is Cooper Howard. He's going to come looking for me."

Something told her that would take awhile. He still had to report her missing, and then the fights between both parents would start again. He didn't have custody of her, just visitation he hardly used given the distance mom put between them. "He has to, right?"