_{[The way the corners of her mouth curl upwards isn't quite a smile, but it's close to one.]}

Thanks, Dad.

I think I just... needed to hear it from you.

_{[She'd stayed both because it was the last place they'd shared together, and because-- ... well, who the hell was gonna let a highschooler buy their own place? In any case...]}

No one's come after me since... since everything went down that night. ... But finding another place probably won't hurt.

... Just in case.