But Vera would try. She knew he was the best person to her in the entire world, bar none.
The next morning, Vera Xavier got up bright and early. She didn't make breakfast—and it was pointless to expect Rona Langdon to get up and make any—so she planned to eat out.
To her surprise, Cara Preston was also up early and wanted to go to school with her. She even had the gall to say, "Sis, I've already used up my allowance for the month. You're the best to me, so can you treat me to breakfast?"
Vera said generously, "Sure!"
Cara hadn't expected her to be so agreeable this time and was smug about getting to freeload a couple of bucks off her.
Vera found Cara's expression amusing. Cara's cunning was far deeper than Rona Langdon's, but after spending so long by her side, she had also developed a penchant for taking petty advantages, becoming exceptionally materialistic and greedy.
And the happier Cara was smiling now, the more miserably she would be crying in a little while.
