It’s just what happens. I text Mel to sign me in on the clipboard in the school office—Molton has an automated system that calls your parents if you’re missing from homeroom, but the secretaries cross-check it against the list in the office, so your parents won’t get a call if your name is there....
She knew Caroline had been waiting to hear from her mother, and she knew, too, that Caroline would not be getting the letter she wanted. She never had.“I don’t understand,” Caroline sobbed. “Why don’t they want me? I thought they would be proud.”“She says they’re happy for you,” Portia pointed ou...
