Adopted? There was certainly nothing wrong with that, but... it also felt like something Cissie shouldn't press. She gave Steph a confused look before deciding it'd be better to just munch on candy. Ignoring the instinct to quesiton would be good.

"Yeah, but I think my mom would've liked it if I had siblings," Cissie laughed. "I had a helicopter mom. It's not bad, but... she was also seriously overprotective when she wasn't managing my life."