Chapter 44: Letting Go

After dinner, Nixon Walker looked over Ophelia Reed's arithmetic, spotted the snags, and walked her through the corrections. "You're really devoted to that kid, aren't you?" Miranda hovered nearby, her tone edged with jealousy. She had been out of sorts all day. She'd planned this Thanksgiving dinner for ages, stocked up, had her heart set on it-and halfway through, that mom dragged them to her place instead. Now she had to watch Nixon tutor another woman's daughter. She stewed, the more she thought,...