Chapter 6
Julia dropped off her girls at school the next morning, but instead of driving away as she always did, she was dragged into the school to sign a permission slip for an upcoming field trip. Julia bumped into a redheaded man in tan slacks and a white dress shirt just inside the front door, and the dimples in both his cheeks popped when he smiled.
He touched her arm. “Sorry about that. Didn’t mean to run into you.”
“Hi, Mister Maloney,” Dawn said.
“Mister Maloney caught the snake Jason packed in his lunch box yesterday,” Trinity explained. Both girls wore an awed expression, looking from Julia to their math teacher.
“Snake?” Julia said. She wondered if her confusion showed, as she didn’t remember hearing about a snake. She actually found herself glancing over her shoulder at th
