Summary

Chapter 15 opens with a to-do list entry that reads “The family thing (beads, bedtime stories, and … back to turkey wings, of course)." Emily texts Patina a smiley face just as Tony picks her up from school, letting her know she is finished with surgery. Patina knows Emily would have planned the message to coincide with getting out of school. Tony says they will not visit Emily that night and that she will likely come home Saturday. Tony says Skunk will be taking Patina to the track meet, and that Maddy will go with them. At home, Patina feels they need to get things as normal as possible and calls Bev for advice cooking turkey wings. They are not like Emily's wings, but they turn out good. Patina pledges to help after Emily is home and feels she is part of a team. Maddy...