These are the chapters that fill me with such anxiety! It’s silly, but even though I KNOW what’s coming and how it’s going to play out, I STILL feel worry for everyone involved.

(Who knows–maybe in my sleep I rewrote the chapters and they have different endings now. I’m never quite sure . . .)

Mahrree opens her mouth and everything changes. Or doesn’t . . .

(This is also why I rarely open my mouth. I’ve learned the hard way from Mahrree.)

Only five more chapters to the end of this book.