“Punishing her isn’t going to make her feel bad for what she did. It’s just going to make her feel bad that she was caught”
“Your fault?” Mrs. Weiss asked Miri. “Why on earth would it be your fault?”
“Because.” Miri told her about the girls she met at the carnival. “And,” she concluded, “she asked me to speak to Devory, but with everything that happened, I forgot.”
“I’m not sure that makes it your fault, sweetie. I’m also not sure Ta would consider it. He lost a lot of money. That was the reason he had to close Happy Vistas, even if it was an accident on Mr. Freidman’s part.”
“What’s Happy Vistas?”
“A place where children who need special care can live under a doctor’s care.”
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