Mallory Louie celebrates her 12th birthday with her immediate family before the school bus arrives. Life is pretty chaotic these days with her Mom and step-Dad both working full-time, and a one-year old sister running around. Mallory is in good spirits on her birthday, and she’s happy to celebrate quickly before school, because she wants to hang with her friends in the evening.

Mallory believes now that she’s a teenager, she will have the ability to seek out her Dad, Colin without relying on her Mom. He’s changed his cellphone number, and she can’t find him online. She knows someone in his family knows his whereabouts, and she intends to hit the pavement and find him.

Mallory is conflicted between wanting all the money and finer things in life, and staying home in her pajamas. She wants nice things a bit more than pajamas, so pleasure is her secondary.
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