Carli stepped out of the shower and went into the bedroom to towel herself dry. It was 6 p.m, four hours after her aunt had boarded that private plane. Lissa had woken up and left to spend time with her boyfriend, Derrick. She was acting strange as far as Carli was concerned.
Jason suggested that it was her cousin's coping mechanism for dealing with the trauma of her dad being sick and vulnerable in a foreign country, and her mom having to leave abruptly to go get him. She looked sullen, but she barely asked Carli details about the situation with her dad. It was like she shut down.
Carli got dressed and headed downstairs. Jason was cooking dinner. In fact, since the whole incident happened, Jason had stepped up and was doing the cooking. All she did was eat and help wash the dishes after. Jason was a great cook. He always added a different spin to traditional Jamaican meals and they were always pleasurable to the taste buds.
