Chapter 3

"Dexter, Martha, I don't like wasting things. From now on, let's all be frugal. Every little bit counts," Juliet said.

"I was worried you might not be used to just having hamburgers, so I brought some pickles, too," she added.

With that, Juliet shoved the hamburgers and pickles into our hands.

And that was how it went.

For a whole month, every single day at lunch, it was just a hamburger, a glass of water, and some pickles.

There was no supermarket at school, and we weren't even allowed to bring snacks inside.

Dexter and I would often get so…