The New Daughter Page #2
You were too busy losing Marmalade.
I'll find her.
- John James?
- Yes.
I'm Cassandra Parker.
We spoke on the phone.
- Hi. Hello.
- Hi.
You must be Louisa.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You are going to be in classroom 7
with Mr. Anderson.
- You're Sam, right?
- Uh-huh.
You're going to be in my class,
number 4.
Why don't you two follow
the rest of the kids inside?
Sure.
- I'll see you at 3?
- All right.
Do I have to go?
Can you give it a chance for me, Sam?
- Okay.
- Okay. Good.
How did you know who I was?
Oh. It's a small town.
I know most of the parents and kids.
But, uh, I read your book,
Lines of Fire, twice.
I'm kind of a fan.
Is that weird?
Should I have not said anything?
No. No. It's always better
to meet a fan than a critic.
You're not perfect.
[bell rings]
It was nice meeting you.
Nice meeting you.
[chatter]
You're in my seat.
Sorry.
[laughs]
I don't want it now.
Do I? You put your ass on it.
Oh, what? Is little baby going to cry?
Did you find everything all right today?
Mm-hmm.
So are you visiting? On vacation?
No, we just moved here
and bought a house.
Oh, well, welcome to Mercy.
Thank you. I can barely believe it myself.
You buy that house on Bacon Street?
No, we're... we're off, uh, we're off 38
up a dirt road called Red Creek.
Really?
Pam.
Ooh, uh, what is it?
[Man]
It's nothing.
Really, man, it's nothing.
Okay, okay. [laughing]
Really what?
it's nothing.
It's just stupid local stories.
Rumors, really.
- Rumors?
- Pam.
What about that woman?
Sarah Wayne? And her daughter?
Dear God, Pam,
enough with the gossip.
Anything else for you?
No, this is it.
And most of the ants inside these farms
are harvest ants,
but they have a nickname.
Does anyone know what that is?
- Yes.
- Beard ants.
Bearded ants. That's right.
And why is that?
Because they have tiny beards.
That's right.
They have tiny little beards.
They're kind of hard to see, though.
Now, there is, also, inside here
a queen ant.
A queen ant spends a lot of time
building all these tunnels,
and she finds a nice soft spot
where she can lay her eggs.
And after she does,
Marmalade!
Kitty!
Oh, God.
Uh...
[Sam] I've been learning about
- Yeah?
- Uh-huh.
There's the army ants that never
stay in one place for too long.
- Yeah?
- And then there's these kinds of ants
that stay in their colony forever,
only to send out a scout
to look for food and stuff.
- Mm-hmm.
- There's only one girl ant
in the whole family. She's the queen ant.
- The grownup.
- And she's in charge.
What else did you do?
Well, after we all got ant farms,
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