Summary

Attempts to make a birthday cake for Jottie go awry in Chapter 43, so Mae and Minerva plan to treat her to ice cream instead; Jottie loves the locket they bestow upon her. Leaving Bird to play with the Lloyd boys, Willa returns home and is happy to see money under the sugar bowl, indicating Felix is home. When Sol calls to invite Jottie to the horse show in Charles Town, Jottie is touched that he remembers her birthday, and while she suspects he will propose again, she insists she will not think about Vause or Felix when she answers. Willa promises to keep the secret, not confessing that Felix is home, but despite being ordered to take Bird and go stay at Minerva's house for the night, Willa drops Bird off and lies that she is going to see Cousin Irene with Jottie...