“How long until your mother gets back?”
That was something else. That was the third time Jack had asked the question.
“Are we there yet?”
Was his captor’s patience running out?
Quite possibly.
Theo describes Jack as his captor. I wonder how accurate that is. It’s entirely possible that Theo is overestimating Jack’s hostility and Jack would be fine with Theo leaving if he could be sure it wasn’t to get help.
“She’s not my mother,” Theo changed the topic. He dropped Aster’s dirty diaper into the bin.
Right. I thought not, but it’s good to have that clarified/repeated. It’s been a long time since we first met Theo, and I wouldn’t blame anyone who forgot all about him by the time they got to this chapter, even if they weren’t following serially or liveblogging.
I’m kinda surprised I remembered him so quickly, for that matter.
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