Chapter 5

Then one comment stopped me cold. [Holy shit! Mia, what are you doing?]

My head snapped up, and I started reading.

The comments were giving me a live play-by-play.

Mia had gone to see Thomas Miller, our homeroom teacher, during lunch break.

A few other teachers were still sitting in the office.

Mia lowered her voice and said, "Mr. Miller, would it bother anyone if we went over a few problems here?"

Thomas smiled and said, "Not at all. We'll just keep it down."

Mia nodded, propped her elbow on his desk, and leaned her body a little closer to…