Nova
When Susie and I dropped off the girls at school the next morning, I said goodbye to my sister and walked into class with Lila. Our routine was for Dominic to drive me to the Alpha House from Side-by-Side after he dropped off Aria, but I wanted to talk to Lila’s teacher about Henry trying to pick up Lila from school first.
I appreciated that Principal Ferguson had “made a note in Lila’s file” about it, but I wanted to make sure everyone knew exactly what was going on.
“Miss Stacy?” I got the teacher’s attention as Lila and Emma ran off to hang up their book bags.
Their teacher turned around from where she was writing on the chalkboard. “Oh, Miss Brooks! I’m so glad you’re here – I wanted to talk to you.”
“Yes, I wanted to speak with you, too.” I lowered my voice. “About Lila’
