The Nightingale Files : The Rook and Queen by Megan Meredith

Author:Megan Meredith [Meredith, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: a Herald's Megaphone Publishing Ltd. Co.
Published: 2017-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

“I just can’t understand why you were in the supply closet with him, Avery. I just don’t think that looks good at all,” Mom said, concerned, as she past the cobbler to Dad. I had told them the entire story of that day at school.

Dad took the cobbler from Mom and set it down, not taking any. I looked at Mom, who made an “eek” sort of face. Dad was still stuck on the part where Ace had shoved me, I knew.

“Dad, I know we could make a thing over Ace shoving me and harassing me really, verbally, but if he’s involved in this the way that Nate says, then, if we let things play out and blow up in his face—”

“Avery!” Mom exclaimed.

“Fine, maybe he got off because his father paid the judge off last time, but maybe he couldn’t escape this. Maybe we could finally take him down.”

Dad took a long and controlled breath before he spoke. “Avery, as much as I’m having to hold myself back from storming the Wentworths’ front gate, I don’t want you to get into this revenge game. I know that’s not what God wants us to do. We have to figure out how to forgive them.”

That was not what I thought was going to come out of his mouth. I had anticipated having to talk him down from showing up at the school and pinning Ace against the lockers. I thought he was furious, and I suppose he was, but he was more concerned about my heart and what God wanted for me than he was about Ace getting what he deserved.

And I guess my face showed my surprise, because he continued, “I know that’s not how we handled things last year, but we’ve all grown from that. Right?”

I nodded.

“And I won’t ever let you feel like I don’t want to charge the field, knock someone’s block off, or grab my gun on your behalf…but I want to honor God with how I handle sin committed against us.”

I smiled. While no one else I knew said “knock someone’s block off,” it was comforting to know that he would want to knock Ace’s block off. But it was more of a comfort to me that my Father was a man of integrity.

I couldn’t help also thinking about proof. We needed proof. And lots of it.

“Thanks, Dad. I do need to work on forgiving him,” I said with half-hearted resolve.

“And that’s not to say that you shouldn’t still stand up for a student if a teacher is doing something inappropriate or unfair. It’s appalling to think that could actually be happening at All Saints, and I hope that is not the case. But you follow your discernment. But do it cautiously.”

“Yes, sir.”

“And the minute you need our help, you let us know. We’ll back you up anytime you need.”

“Thanks, Dad. Mom, you too. You guys are the best.”

While I knew what Mother wanted was a group hug, I opted for a kiss for both

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