They walked without saying anything, and the cleared space his sister followed seemed to almost be a path.
"Where are we going?"
"There's a little shed back here. I think I might be the only one who knows about it. It's just big enough for a small sofa inside. It doesn't look like much, but its window and door are intact. I keep a sheet over the sofa to keep it clean, mostly. I like to go there to think or relax. Or get unmad."
"Are you mad at your panties?" Cage asked, then retrieved her panties from his pocket.
Kota looked at his hand, then his face, and laughed.
"Yeah, I guess I am a little."
Cage returned her panties to his pocket.
"It's right up here at the back of our property."
She had been right. The shed needed a good paint, but the door closed and the window was intact.
