The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger

Author:Bruce Holsinger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-SEVEN

ROSE

Rose wasted an hour on Saturday morning flicking through the hangers in her shallow closet, looking for just the right outfit. Carl Wingate, dean of the medical school, was hosting a kick-off party for the new capital campaign that night with faculty, local donors, and board members, and Rose needed a dress. Not a formal evening gown but something slightly sexy yet sophisticated that paired well with a cardigan. The dean lived high up in Sunrise Canyon, and his events tended to sprawl outside.

She held a few things up in the full-length mirror on the closet door: a sapphire sheath, a casual maxi in a steel gray, a black number with a flared skirt she liked to wear with flats. But nothing felt quite right. Finally she broke down and texted Samantha. The Zellars, major donors to the Medical Center, were also going tonight. Sam promptly ordered her over to Twenty Birch to find a loaner.

First Rose made a call to Wild Horse, part of the plan to augment Q’s portfolio. The schools were giving applicants a few weeks to put everything together. Lauren and Azra had already come up with clear, well-thought-out portfolios to bring out the best in their kids. Xander was toiling away on a science project, and Lauren was optimistic about his CogPro appeal. Azra, tight-lipped about the academy since that melancholy curbside conversation, was suddenly all lit up about Aidan’s mad soccer skills; apparently Beck had hours of video he was editing into a highlight reel.

Rose had settled on equestrianism as a sellable extracurricular. Ever since Q’s fourth-grade final project on Black Beauty and riding styles, her daughter had been obsessed with horses, an interest that had produced last year’s science fair exhibit on the horse’s gait, as well as the History Day project the Emmas had recently completed on horses in the American West. A perfect spike. The only thing missing from Q’s portfolio was a letter from her instructor.

Janelle picked up on the second ring, and Rose asked for a sense of Emma’s progress. What she got in return was a gift: excellent in the saddle . . . a natural comfort level with the horses . . . already posts to the trot, the only girl in the Saturday group who can do that so far . . . intuitive . . . don’t see that kind of innate ability very often. Everything Rose could have hoped for, and Janelle readily agreed to send a letter the next week.

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