It was during Emma's visit on Thanksgiving Day that she told Cassie they would be moving to Paint Creek. The young girl felt confused and guilty at her reaction to the news she would be going to live with her mother. She loved Emma, looked forward to her visits, and often day-dreamed about being with her mother all the time. But in those day-dreams, her mother came to work and live with Cassie at the orphanage. Cassie had only vague memories of living with her mother in Charleston. The orphanage was her home. The other children were as sisters and brothers to her, the caring overseer like a father.