Summary

In Chapter 11, Bean and Liz were cleaning on Uncle Tinsley’s house when they heard their mother’s car in the driveway two days after she’d called to say she was coming. Uncle Tinsley asked he why she’d left her kids alone. Liz asked them not to fight. Inside the house Charlotte commented how her mother had been cold and distant while her father was inappropriate. Bean describes how Uncle Tinsley told her mother she was making things up that nothing inappropriate had ever happened there.

Over tea Uncle Tinsley asked Charlotte about her plans. She responded she didn’t have plans but had several options. He suggested to her that they could stay with him for a while, but she responded that she didn’t see that as an option. Uncle Tinsley asked her to give the girls some stability...