"Thank you," Summer said, and the last urge to cry went away. At least people she could talk to were here, even if she couldn't look them in their faces. "I don't... I'm not sure? It's loud all the time, and it smells, and people are mean. But I like the parks, and the rivers."

The parks were her favorite, especially Central Park when Gina took her, to the secret hidden pool that Gina said absolutely no one else knew about, not even Ivy.