Emma Moves In

Chapter Eight

Over the weekend, Emma is taking some time at Seaview House with Mom decorating. They’re working on painting the new tables for the dining room. This will allow each group at the B&B to eat with their own separate group instead of with everybody else. When Mom asks Emma how she’s doing, Emma says that she wishes Natalia and Zoe hung out at school more. She feels so apart from them and has trouble choosing between them. Mom explains that even when you love the other person, sometimes you still need some space.

Emma takes the time to give Amelia a call. Amelia tells her all about their new forward on the soccer team, and that they won their first game. Amelia fills Emma in on school. Emma can’t help but feel like she’s already been replaced.

When Zoe and Natalia come over, they have fun all digging through some of the old items in the attic. Emma finds a sketchbook of drawings and paintings of the bay, the gardens, and sailboats. They also find an old yearbook from when Grandma Stephenson was in school and a box of records. They pull the sketchbook and records into Emma’s new room.

Through the open window, Emma can hear her mom on the phone in the garden. Mom is yelling on the phone to Dad in Seattle. “You keep saying you want to come out here, but I don’t see you doing anything about it. If you want to stay in Seattle, you should say so instead of stringing me and Emma along.” Zoe reassures Emma that they’ll make up, but Emma isn’t sure.