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Chapter 20

“What do you think of what happened in North Carolina?” she asked, slicing through the cherry pie with a sharp knife.

“What happened in North Carolina?” Melissa asked, leaning forward in her chair.

“What do you mean, what happened? It’s been all over the news.”

Melissa tilted her head, studying Carol with the same perplexed expression Rebecca wore when coming across a new bug in the yard. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about. What happened?”

“The sit-in. At the lunch counter in Woolworths.”

Melissa’s eyes cleared. She dismissed the event with a wave of her smooth hand. “Oh, that. I would say it’s not a big deal, but I’m worried it’ll spread.”

Carol swallowed hard. “Spread?”