The one thing she failed to learn, however, was obedience. She’d had a few tardies and curfew violations, but the bulk of her misconduct began and ended with her mouth. She was a vulgar, loquacious wiseass, too smart for her own good, and lived every moment as if her only mission was to annoy me. No one had ever dared to talk to me the way she did, and no punishment seemed harsh enough to deter her.
