Charlotte Green's last bit of persistence was completely shattered as she smiled and took the cup of tea Luna offered for the ceremony, took a sip, and gently touched her cheek, saying, "Go practice the piano first. I still have things to discuss with your mother. Practice as the teacher just showed you. You remember how the teacher played it just now, right?"
"Mhm!" Luna nodded vigorously with joy and disappeared in a flash before the two adults.
Charlotte and Ms. Harper then discussed serious matters, including her salary as a teacher, which would be according to the going rate, whatever that might be for others.
By the time she left Ms. Harper's home, dusk had set in and the temperature had dropped a few degrees. Ms. Harper had offered for her to stay for dinner, saying she would drive her back after her husband returned, but she had declined with a smile.
