“I met with my faculty advisor yesterday before driving home from campus,” Sophie said, her voice fast and direct.

“Did you fix your class schedule for the spring semester?” I asked.

“I moved my corporate auditing seminars to Tuesday and Thursday mornings,” Sophie said, looking right into my eyes.

“Sophie, you don’t need to cut your study hours for us,” I said.

“I’m driving home every Friday afternoon,” Sophie said, her tone leaving no room for argument.

“I’m going to walk Dad through his physical therapy hand exercises every Saturday morning.”

“He’ll be glad to have you sitting at the kitchen table with him,” I said.