everything stays (right where you left it)
“Branch, don’t be a baby. We’re your brothers.”
“And Poppy is the only family I have left.” Branch puts emphasis on her name, watching as they flinch back. “You don’t abandon family. Not that I’d expect any of you to know that.”
(or, alternatively, poppy gets taken by superstars velvet and veneer and it's a downward spiral from there.)