The three women said nothing about Hailey’s clothes or the bag in her hand.

Travis Blake had been right—what she thought of as expensive was, to them, nothing more than passable daywear. At least, passable enough to keep their opinions to themselves.

Finally, they thought in unspoken agreement, the girl looks halfway decent. They remembered her earlier outfits with quiet disdain, each a mark of embarrassment for the Harvey family—as though they couldn’t even clothe their ...