Shelly ground her teeth as she was forced into the Orange Bubble. As soon as she crossed the threshold, she shook Sonia from her and stomped to the back. Everyone else clambered in, but Shelly turned her back on them. She was glad to be out of the hospital, but she couldn't stand seeing how Shlee and Mandy hung on her brother. Even seeing her mother waiting hand and foot on her father sickened her. Between the crowd outside and Sonia treating her like a porcelain doll, the laughter earlier was gone from her heart.
"Your heart rate is elevated," Sonia stated behind Shelly. "Is there anything I can get for you?"
"Why do you even care?" Shelly snapped, though she kept her voice low enough to not be heard by anyone with normal hearing. "Don't you have some terrorists to kill, or the president to save?"
