As her face brightened with the vestiges of a grin, one unrepeatable fact became clear to me. While Mia Riley had been deemed perfect by every teacher graced by her presence (even Miss Clover whose steel heart seemed impossible to win), she was stricken with the most fatal of flaws. The problems that plagued her - these unearthly defects - could only be escaped with the serenity of death. She could smile.All Rights Reserved