<P> Is Jonah 's second grade teacher . She used to live at Baltimore but moved to New Bern in the hope of starting over after a really difficult divorce . She was not able to have children which was the reason why her marriage did n't work . Due to her kindness she offered to tutor Jonah after school . She loved Miles and enjoyed spending times with Jonah . After she discovered that her brother , Brian , was Missy 's killer she was torn apart . </P>
who killed missy in a bend in the road
Brian