Dusty

8-12-25

-Dusty knows right away what’s happening on the plane but plays it off all sweet and no big deal.

—internally “Are you frickin’ kiddin’ me, Mike!?”

—like the Kissimmee Incident where they were supposed to move just outside Disney World, where he got a job, and she was going to be able to go whenever she wanted. But he didn’t show up for her

Dusty was alone. Her father had abandoned her (again) at the county fair halfway across the country, leaving her with $50 and a necklace. She’d just spent the $50 winning two giant stuffed dogs for two fellow 12-year-olds with funny names she couldn’t remember. And what she didn’t know was that the necklace was about to cause the greatest pandemic

8-22-25

-Dusty demonstrates being a girl with ADHD before ADHD was prevalently diagnosed and especially not in girls.