“Why am I insensitive? This kid has everything. Big deal if her housekeeper cooks instead of her mother"
Devory coughed into her elbow.
“Are you sure you’re feeling well enough to go to school?” Mrs. Weiss asked.
“Yes. I’m feeling much better.”
“I think you should give it one more day. You don’t want to relapse.”
“But,” Devory coughed again, “it’s going to be so hard to make up all the work.”
“It’s only one day, Devory. How much work can there be?”
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