Cal stood under the beaming sun, confused.
He held his daughter close, rubbing her back, trying to get her to calm down.
He was not sure that he understood what his daughter was saying. Cora was here?
How did she get in without him seeing her, or had she been there already when they arrived?
And why would Cora be mean to Miss Shaw?
He looked at Miss Shaw now who had her brow wrinkled as she watched Nova. She looked really worried about Nova, and he could see why his daughter loved her so much.
“Is it true? Cora was mean to you?” he asked.
Miss Shaw grimaced, but then shrugged like it was no big deal. And he immediately felt rage.
First it was Ellis, who he still planned to go see later and demand good reasons why she had been picking a quarrel with Miss Shaw.
Now this. Why di
