The sun felt good on her skin as she leaned sideways over the balustrade of the boat and watched as they approached the view of the Notre Dame Cathedral. The kids all had their phones out and were taking photos and chattering amongst themselves. Getting the kids to the venue in the morning for prelims and then having to fight to not get them kicked out because Shane had shot his mouth off to one of the boys from the German choir using a colorful collection of curses, had made her day go from bad to worse. She had already been stressed out because Liev’s sudden reappearance in her life and now it felt very much it had all been for nothing. The kids weren’t taking the purpose of the trip seriously and if they continued on their path, they would be sent packing from the contest before they