Chapter 13
ANIKA FELT LIKE SKIPPING TO WORK after her lunch date with Carlos. Even Lila noticed something different about her attitude when she came to babysit Megan.
“Good news about your job?” Lila asked just before Anika was leaving.
Anika shrugged. “Sort of. The extra hours are great, but I still don’t know if this temp job has a chance of turning into something permanent.”
“I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you because I’ve got more homework done in the past week than I have all year.” Lila tapped the pile of books on the kitchen table.
“That’s good. Make sure you save your money for college. Then when you get old like me you won’t have to worry about working temp jobs.” Anika smiled to soften the hard truth of her words.
Lila nodded. “I will. I’m going to be a teacher.”
“You’d
