The bright overhead lights reflected off the stainless steel serving counters.

My older sister, Allison, sat at a corner table with three thick test prep books spread across the sticky tabletop.

I parked the wheelchair next to her.

Linda sat across from Allison, sipping hot water with lemon from a paper cup.

“You made me miss my morning calculus seminar,” Allison said.

She tapped her phone screen over and over with her thumb.

She didn’t look up from her open textbook.