“Because you would have said no.”
“I would have wanted to discuss it with you.”
“You told me I shouldn’t do the play.”
“I told you I was worried about how much energy it would take.”
“And I told you I wasn’t going to be onstage!”
Her voice cracked.
She took a breath and tried again.
“I wasn’t trying to run away. I wasn’t doing anything dangerous. I just wanted to learn something.”
Jacob glanced at the sewing machine.
Ms. Bennett gently explained that Lily had mentioned her mother’s love of sewing during a conversation about costumes.
Her mother had once made clothes, repaired dresses, and created costumes for school events. Lily was too young to remember much of it, but she had seen photographs and heard stories.
When she learned that her father had donated the old sewing machine and other supplies to the school, she became curious.
She asked Ms. Bennett whether it could still be used.
