As soon as Atticus’s sister walked out the door, one of the maids appeared to show me to the room that I would be using. After surveying the room and discovering that I would be living here alone, I dumped my body like a sack of potatoes on the bed.

Now that I was alone with my thoughts, I could feel my heart beating very loudly in my chest. All I could think about was how stupid I had been to challenge his sisters like that.

They were bullies, alright, but maybe I should have looked for ...