His Sweetest Song by Victoria H. Smith

Author:Victoria H. Smith [Smith, Victoria H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Alicia

I watched a man let go the following Monday morning. I watched a man grow beyond what I think even he probably believed he was capable of, allowing his daughter to go and experience something that clearly put him out of his comfort zone, but doing it anyway. Gray showed a bravery I’d never seen before and despite not wanting to get involved I supported Jolene’s proposal, but not just because of what she’d told me about Laura and her niece but because of what I’d seen from Laura myself. The little girl was changing and I had no idea if that had mostly to do with me playing piano for her or something else, but whatever it was awoke something inside her. It was something I couldn’t control and I think Gray understood he couldn’t either. He had to let her go.

He had to let her live.

He asked me to join him during his tour of the school with Laura, something I happily did and would do several times over. Laura went in with the understanding that she wouldn’t start that day or any day for that matter unless she was comfortable, something Gray emphasized ten times over her and that had only been on the early morning truck ride over to the school, well before many were up and attending their day. Jolene had arranged that, the kindest spirit and someone I truly did have a good feeling about. Some people one just knew had a genuine earnest want to help others.

And who wouldn’t want to help that sweet girl after meeting her.

She went in with a bravery that was only trumped by her father, the man by her side as she held his hand and took in her potential new environment. Mayfield Elementary wasn’t quite like the prep schools I grew up in with its fancy gadgetry and modern halls but something about all schools was they shared the same feel about them, the air the same and filled with a similar life, which told of youth. They had the construction paper hand cut outs and the bubbly letters displayed above them made up of cartoon figures and alphabet letters. They had the smiling faces of school children who showed merit or partook in group projects. The schools said kids learned there, thrived there and in the end that was all that mattered.

Laura’s experience at the school itself would be different than the students who made their mark on those school walls, but hopefully only in the beginning during her initial transition into the new environment. She was going to be given an individualized learning program, which consisted of one-on-one teaching and limited immersion into group settings as both herself and her instructor saw fit. I think that set Gray at ease a little more but nothing about the experience itself would be easy for him. If anything, this whole experience would be harder for him than it ever would be for his daughter.

I knew when it was time to finally let her go.

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