Today, in my reading of One For The Murphys, Tony came to Carley’s house and Tony had a fight with Carley’ s foster dad about which baseball team was better (Red Sox or Yankees). After they had the “trash talk war”, Carley, Tony and Carley’s dad sat down on the couch and listened to music. While they were listening to music, Tony asked Carley about how she became a foster child.

In the next chapter, we read that Carly and Daniel were taking a walk and they heard Michael Eric crying. They saw some kid standing over him. When Carley and Daniel got to them, Michael Eric ran to Carley and Daniel and told them that the other kid had hit him. Carley got very mad and took the boy by the straps of his overalls and hung him from a tree like a Christmas ornament.

After that they went to Michael Eric’s basketball game and Carley gave Michael Eric a pep talk. The pep talk seemed to help Michael Eric because he played very well during the game. Michael Eric made two baskets, which is good because usually he is not very good at basketball.