I had never heard him talk like that.
Carla looked at me. “Are you going to let him speak to me this way?”
“Yes,” I said.
Then someone knocked on the door.
It was the attorney. And Tessa’s mom.
They had come straight from the school.
The attorney stepped inside and said, “Given tonight’s statements, and the concerns already on record, these children will not be left alone without support while the court reviews the guardianship and the funds.”
Carla just stared at him.
Tessa’s mom walked past her like she was a coat rack and looked at us.
“Go pack a bag,” she said.
So we did.
