TABBY HAD BEEN RIGHT. The next day we all ate too much, laughed and slept. I even had an afternoon nap after a huge lunch.
We were back, and we were comfortable.
I’d seen Brutice at lunch and our gazes met. He nodded once, then turned away.
I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I had the feeling we were in a truce of some sort. An unsteady one.
But at least I wasn’t being humiliated. Yet.
Classes started the next day and we quickly fell back into the semester schedule. I didn’t get lost anymore, and the librarian and I got back on a first-name basis very quickly.
My favorite spot in the whole school was the barrel-style furniture lounge in the back of the library. There was something about that place that felt like home.
My soul was happy, my heart was at peace. And I couldn’t give any
