Her class was presenting a history project about people who made their communities safer, and Sophie had chosen Thomas Bell.

June warned him that Sophie might change her mind about his attending.

“She knows some parents still have opinions about you,” June said.

“I want this to be her decision.”

“Of course.”

The night before, Sophie called from the little blue house.

“You can come,” she said.

“But you can’t sit in the family chair this time.”