Of course Lily was at the desk. She gave me a catlike smile as I entered, and it was impossible not to imagine the cunning in her eyes. I was totally losing it. She couldn’t be that bad. “Hi, Lily.” “Hello.” She looked past me toward Vivian and Madeline. “Bringing your friends for show and tell today? Shame the rest of the class isn’t here.” Okay, scratch what I’d previously said. She really could be that bad.
