Cordelia (13), Melvin’s biological daughter, wonderfully creative, a great dancer, highly emotional, caught up on the highs and lows of social media. She’s terrible at school, but the teachers can’t see her talent. The school wants her medicated for attention deficit disorder, but Melvin is pushing back – he believes this is who she is, it’s where her creative power comes from.

 As she moves into womanhood, her Grandmother Helen will become incredibly important to her.