We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan

Author:Caroline Zancan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2020-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

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To be fair to them, once they learned that Simone might’ve had anything to do with what Jimmy did, Leslie and Hannah tried to handle it in a legit, on-the-books way first. They were both on friendly terms with Professor Pearl after their semester with him, and had less hesitation than the rest of us might have had in going right to him in his director role. They went to his office without making an appointment first, probably the very same day that Tammy made her confession.

Joni Kleinman, Pearl’s official secretary and unofficial bouncer, wasted little time reporting this back to us. Joni had graduated from the program two years before we got to campus. During her second June residency, she had fallen in love with and married an undergrad professor who had stayed on campus for the summer. Professor Pearl had created an administrative job for her as his assistant-slash-secretary, despite the fact that even those of us who have never actually been in Pearl’s workshop know that he would rather watch E! News than have anyone do for him anything he might’ve done for himself, or worse, have someone meddling in his affairs. He grew to like her, though, once he learned the value of having someone hold all his calls and tell any impromptu visitors that he was unavailable.

Joni had become a familiar fixture at all our social functions on campus. She was one of those women who wasn’t overweight, but had swollen fingers and wide ankles. Other women were always disappointed to learn how small a dress size Joni actually wore, thinking themselves much skinnier. She had a beautiful face, but it was from the wrong century. She would’ve made a great nun if she didn’t say fuck every other word she spoke. She said everything as if it were the best thing ever, so even though she could be dry and cutting, everyone thought of her as bubbly, which also meant she got away with saying things other people might not have. I fucking hate that fucking cunt sounded a lot like “Oh, don’t worry about her, you’ll be fine” coming from her. Despite the general goodwill we felt toward Joni, it wasn’t hard to see that she felt insecure about her spot as permanent student, part MFA candidate, part townie. She overcompensated for this by telling us things she probably shouldn’t have, including things like the private, confidential conversations students had with the director of the program.

After ignoring Joni’s bright insistence that Professor Pearl wasn’t taking unscheduled calls or visitors that morning, and marching directly into his office with all the grace that the three-inch lift of Leslie’s platform snow boots allowed, the girls shut the door in Joni’s face before she could manage so much as a single fuck. Having the good sense to realize that Professor Pearl was far better equipped than she was to deal with whatever was brewing on the other side of the door that had nearly

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