Since Dara had Casey cornered, Isabelle decided she had a second and hurried over to where she saw one of her former students heading. Michael Perry had been in her class the year before, and he was a precious boy, one of her favorite students. Through him, Isabelle had gotten to know Melody Murphy, the woman she’d almost called earlier to see if she might be able to fill in for Mrs. Watson. Since Melody was standing in the back of the cafeteria now, she decided to go speak to her. Casey wouldn’t just happen to be in town every day from now until the play, most likely, so they might need a backup to their backup.
Melody was bending down speaking to Michael, who seemed very excited, and Isabelle waited for her to stand up and brush her long brown hair over her shoulder before saying anythi
