Spitfire by Evan Balkan

Author:Evan Balkan
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Treehosue Publishing Group
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

THINGS HAD IMPROVED a bit at school, but now, after Beautiful’s death, Caroline reverted to quiet Caroline, withdrawn Caroline, residing in a private space that most allowed her to inhabit. But during lunch, impatient Beatrice demanded to know what it was now that caused Caroline to shun her friends. “My dog died,” she whispered, and her eyes grew heavy with moisture.

Alma and Genevieve sat quietly. Alma put her hand on Caroline’s shoulder and gave it a rub. Even Beatrice softened a bit. Until just before the bell, that is, when she noticed Caroline once again looking toward Joseph, wrapping up his lunch alone at his table on the far end of the cafeteria. Caroline’s eyes tracked Joseph all the way across the room as he got up and dumped the detritus of his lunch in the can. Anyone paying any attention could have seen. She was just so obvious about it. Beatrice stood suddenly. She didn’t even say goodbye to any of her friends, just snatched up her marbled notebook from the table and left.

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