" didn’t like Mr. Nicholls, it wasn’t as if he were doing anything illegal. And when I told them that I wouldn’t want Joey and Nate to feel as if I’d abandoned them, we agreed that I should continue sitting for them as long as I didn’t feel too uncomfortable around Mr. Nicholls. "

― Ann M. Martin , Claudia and the Terrible Truth (The Baby-Sitters Club, #117)