Reaching Out
Hayley was invited to a parent-teacher conference by Mr. Brody after he had burnt all bridges with Gemma.
Mr. Brody wasn’t intrigued by Hayley’s punctuality; he was intrigued by something else. He was confused by her age. In the case of Gemma’s mother, she would have given birth to her very young.
It wouldn’t make sense for someone so young to do this.