You heard Miss Grimshaw yelling from across the camp about “idleness”, cussing out Mary-Beth for reading. This wasn’t uncommon, but with how things had been recently and how stressed everyone was, Mary-Beth couldn’t really handle the additional pressure.

When she was done, Mary-Beth closed her book and walked out of camp in an attempt to hide her tears as she went and sat on her own against a tree. She wiped her tears and opened her book to distract herself, but her quiet sobs remained.