Now that she’d pointed it out, Jace noticed strains of The Nutcracker absolutely everywhere they went. As she went about picking the perfect gifts for her siblings, Tara didn’t seem quite as weighed down as she had, but her story bugged him. Talent like that shouldn’t be wasted. Her situation wasn’t the same as Jordan’s, but he could see just as much futility. It wasn’t like Wishful was exactly a hotbed of culture. Still, there had to be something to be done. “Oh my God, this is perfect.” Jace dialed his attention back in time to see Tara running her hands over a...what the heck was that? Three tiers of purple and pink, with lots of glitter and some kind of sloping roof, it was clearly girly. “Is that a princess tower dollhouse thing?” “It’s a princess tower bookcase. Ginny adores books

