The real challenge is getting them to send you back before the check mails.

[ it takes thirty days for most states to approve foster disbursement funds. keep a kid less than a month, the check never comes. daisy stopped unpacking by the time she was fourteen, but even when she was little, she kept the suitcases out until the fifth week. just in case.

it's not really the point, but... it's easier to linger in that self-deprecating humor than it is to admit that she really. can't do what he's offering. she shouldn't, anyway, if she's going to honor the doctor's wishes and not overextend herself. ]

Maybe another time. [ it's not a dismissal. there's wistfulness in it. ] You wanna grab a bite to eat or something?