Bethany felt she should know. “I went back and forth,” Bethany had said, “on whether I should tell you or not, and finally decided I would want to know if Jimmy Fisher took another girl home.”Mim only shrugged and gave her a flat look. Why should it matter? Danny had become the permanent substitute teacher at her school. He had to stop inviting her to look through his telescope on starry nights because he felt it wasn’t appropriate.It shouldn’t matter.But it did.Mim trudged down the driveway on the way to school with her brothers, who felt the need to crush the thin layer of ice that lined every puddle, then howl with approval and sock the air with their fists. She stayed clear of their splatters and wondered why boys always had the urge to break something, even at seven thirty in the morning.“Yoo hoo!”Mim spun around to find the new Eagle Hill guest waving to her from the door of the guest flat. She told Sammy and Luke to head off to school and she walked over to see what she wanted.The guest, a very tall woman with spiky, short blonde hair, thrust her hand out to Mim.
