JJ
By the time we sat down in Ms. Salazar’s office, I had three questions written on a notepad and Benny had somehow acquired nine.
“You said we were coming prepared,” he reminded me when I looked at his list.
“I didn’t say you needed to prepare for a congressional hearing.”
Nixx took the chair beside mine. “Just be glad he stopped at nine.”
Millie was with Hannah. She’d asked whether Daddy Benny could finally sign her math assignments and sent him off with instructions to negotiate.
Ms. Salazar came in carrying the information we’d sent ahead. Marissa had recommended her after the pediatrician explained the limits of its consent forms.
“Let’s start with what you need most often,” she said.
“The ability to look after her when JJ’s working or can’t be reached,” Benny answered. “Not
