“I think we’ve covered a good deal today,” Sydney finally decides. “We’ll recess until Thursday. I can’t be here tomorrow, but I want you to continue to think about your arrangement with Mr. Janes.”
“Do I have to?”
“Do you have to? No.”
“I miss him. But I am tired of crying,” she says, looking especially haunted.
“Well then, don’t think of him. Let your mind rest. Focus on the rest of your life and what you would like to see happen.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
Sydney calls for the matron and releases the girl into her custody.
***
“I’ve never met anyone like her,” Sydney admits to Astrid.
“I can understand that,” Astrid sighs. “These girls are all the same, and yet a little different, too. They have personalities and quirks just like everyone. But there is something that drives them that I d
