He has cut his hair, and Willow notices a mole on the back of his neck. The following week, Willow requests Jairo specifically from the taxi service. He begins to think about going back to school so he can become more than a taxi driver. But when Willow steps out of the cab and gives him some sage advice, Jairo sees her as a kind of angel. Jairo Hernandez, the driver, thinks she may be some kind of undercover agent. The first time she does this, she asks for the driver’s papers. Willow wants to reach Dell’s office early so she will have time to talk with Mai, so she begins taking a taxi to her meetings. Willow is immediately drawn to Mai and begins to learn Vietnamese so she can communicate with her without Dell understanding them. Nguyen Thi Mai is two years older and accompanies her younger brother, Quang-ha, to his counseling sessions. Willow makes her first friend in Dell’s office. She is a genius, and he wants to get her know her better in hopes of exploiting her intelligence for his own benefit. Dell has his own method of labeling the kids he counsels into categories such a loners and weirdos, but he soon realizes that Willow is in a category all her own. She is sent to receive counseling from Dell Duke, a man who never wanted to become a school counselor and is not quite sure how to do his job. Willow is suspected of cheating on a standardized test because she finished it perfectly and in just a few minutes. They also hope that she will finally make a friend. They also have her transferred to a different school in the hope that Willow can find a teacher to challenge her.

Her adoptive parents have allowed her to build an incredible sanctuary of plants in their backyard.

She obsesses over two things: plants and medical conditions. Willow Chance is introverted and a genius.

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