Summary

In Chapter 4, Mika has a video call with Penny. Penny comments on Mika's youthful appearance and their similar faces. Caroline had promised to “integrate Penny's Japanese heritage into their lives” (36). Mika felt Caroline got most of her cultural information online. Penny has limited information about Mika. She says that at 19, Mika was “Just starting college and didn't want a baby” (41). Mika considers the word “want,” knowing that she had wanted Penny to have a better family. Penny's appearance made it obvious she was not Caroline and Thomas's biological child, meaning she knew she was adopted from a young age. Penny talks about that discovery and of the confusion of wondering about her biological parents. Penny comments on the pretty garden at Mika's house, which she saw on Mika's Instagram account. Mika and Hana had decorated it with fairy lights when Mika first moved...