Chapter 5

The woman, Rachelle McCarver, was stunned. "Wait, this girl is your daughter?"

Dad lowered his head, looking embarrassed, and kept apologizing.

He said, "Sorry about that. Sally's a lively kid, and she's got a mind of her own even at her age. Rachelle, I promise she really didn't mean anything bad."

"She's so cute!" Rachelle exclaimed, grinning as she scooped me up in a hug. "So, your name is Sally?"

I nodded. "You're so pretty."

She laughed and gently corrected me, "I'm thirty-five, you know. Can you tell from my looks?"

I was stunned.

Seriously, I'd buy it if she…