Chapter 8
Night School
Penny’s favorite thing about school on Mondays was that they only came once a week. She tried hard to keep that in mind as she trudged through this one.
First and second hours slid by in their usual slow fashion. Katie’s mood was as bad as Penny had ever seen it when they met each other in second-hour Social Studies, but Katie seemed to be taking a little pleasure in her father’s new role as persona non grata with the rest of the family. Though it had been just over a week since the scene at her birthday party, she showed no signs of forgiving her father.
On Susan’s advice, Penny refrained from adding to Katie’s abuse of Mr. West, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t enjoy it.
Third-hour math with Miss Riggs was, as always, her least favorite. While Miss Riggs
