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Bailey and Charlie arrive at her apartment past her curfew due to having to drop Clio off. Emily and Scott are waiting in the living room to scold her. Emily has never reacted this way to curfew, and Bailey becomes angry, thinking that Scott has influenced this change.
After Charlie leaves, Bailey goes to her room and overhears her mother and Scott talking in the living room. She learns that Kristy is Scott’s niece, not his daughter, and he says that Kristy is “an out-of-control snot” after her parents’ divorce (162). He doesn’t want Bailey to start walking all over Emily and becoming the same way. Emily insists that Bailey is nothing like Kristy and would never act out like that. She also believes that Charlie is a good kid and that Scott is unfairly judging him for a bad first impression.
At work, Charlie notices Bailey wanting to intervene as Nekesa and Theo get more flirtatious, but he stops her from interfering and affecting their bet. Charlie has recently bonded with Bailey over reading, and though he hasn’t admitted it, he has seen her social media, particularly her bookish accounts, on which she posts pictures, videos, and reviews of books.