Whit was the only one of the three sisters who was glad there wasn’t a snow day. She was looking forward to seeing Danny and being with him in Mr. Jay’s art room. Just having one good friend like him, and one great, safe class like art, made the whole school thing seem doable, and even pleasant. It almost made their family rule of everyone eating breakfast together bearable. And today, of all days, there was even drama—and it wasn’t hers. If anyone was going to cause a stir, she would have expected it to be Lisa, but today it was, apparently, Nancy’s turn to be queen for a day.
Their dad was on a roll. Whit knew it was because he hated driving in the snow and was actually frightened to have to do so, so he covered it up with jollity and jokes. Dad jokes, as they are known, are usually ver
