Tuesday morning dawned bright and beautiful with red and orange rays of sunshine streaking across the azure sky. Most mornings, I wasn't up to see the sunrise, but today I had set my alarm for an hour earlier than needed. There was no way in hell I was going to be late on my first day. Even though the school was a twenty-minute drive from the house, I planned to give myself forty just in case. Of course, Whitfield wasn't Atlanta, so the odds of a major traffic pileup were slim.
After showering and getting ready, I went in to check on Daddy. I found him awake and watching the news. “Good morning."
He turned to look at me and smiled. “It is a good morning. My baby girl's first day of teaching."
I sat down on the edge of the bed. “Well, the teaching doesn't come until Monday. This week is
