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As soon as I got home, I sat in my little room because I still had some time to myself and wrote a letter to Grandma Hudson

Dear Grandmother

I began s her so

I have an i to tell you and ask your advice about With a friend at school, I located ivenin Shakespeare He's hter and a son I spent so on him I couldn't help it I wanted to see him, to learn more about hi story short, I've been discovered

We had tea together and I told him who I really am He was shocked of course, and for now, like my real mother, he wants me to keep it all secret He has invited o

A a terrible mistake? Should 1 per et him? What do you think my mother would say if she found out about all this? Of course, I don't want to upset you, but I don't have anyone 1 can trust here or anyone wise enough to give me advice

Please think about it all and let me knohat you advise me to do

Ihere as you pro what the doctors tell you to do and you're not so stubborn as to prolong your recovery and land impossible

Please give my love to Jake

PS Of course, your sister knows nothing of any of this, but I can't help wondering how long it will be before Victoria tells her so more

Love, Rain

I sealed the letter in an envelope, addressed it, and then hid it in my drama text to express mail the next day when I went to school

Afterward, when I entered the kitchen to help with dinner, Mrs Chester toldtoday

"The poor girl's sick to her stos, I think," she told ot plenty to do Mr Endfield has invited a business associate and his wife to dinner tonight I'm makin' poached salmon Set the table for four," she ordered and I went to work

With Mary Margaret absent, Boggs hovered over us evenlooks, inspecting every aspect of the dinner preparation to the point where he practically measured the spaces between pieces of silverware