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“Well, give it a little time. You will.”
“Have you made any friends?” Leilani asks.
“Yeah. A few.”
“That’s promising.”
“I don’t even care.”
I hate hearing it and at the same time it encourages me. I won’t have to wait long to find out. After dinner, when we are alone, I am asking.
“We’re going to Lani’s for dinner. Lily started kindergarten and they’re having a little celebration to encourage her. Going to school isn’t as great as she expected.”
“She’ll get used to it,” I say.
“Maybe,” Alana says under her breath.
Dinner passed like a thick river of mud. Every minute stubbornly moved into the next, and I could not get my mind off what I am about to find out. Mak took his instructions to heart and bugged out as soon as he finished the concoction Alana made for dessert, saying he had to be at the restaurant early.
“Hey, don’t go,” I say to her retreating figure.
Being in her room is pretty much a given these days. I remember being the same way.
“Let’s talk for a minute.”
She puts her iPad and cell down on the bar and comes to the couch.
“What?”
“Sit.”
“So tell me something. For real. How’s school going?”
“It’s fine.”
I know the true meaning of the word when said like she did. Fine means one thing. Bearable.
“Do you think fine is going to turn into good?”
A tiny light sparks in her eyes.
“Yes?”
I take her hand. “I don’t want you to tell me what you think I want to hear. Give it to me straight. Is Montfort the right place for you?”
Didn’t expect the tears to come, but they do.
“Oh honey. Just tell me.”
“I don’t like it, Dad.”
“No?”
“I will never like it.”
“Sending you to a private school has always been my plan. I don’t want to waver from that.”
She hangs her head, not wanting to meet my gaze.
