Lies She Never Told Me (Michael Gresham Series Book 1) by John Ellsworth
Author:John Ellsworth [Ellsworth, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Ellsworth Books
Published: 2018-05-19T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter 23
Michaelâs mother was Wendell Gresham, a woman who taught Latin and Calculus at Hoover High in the suburbs. Michael happened to study both subjects under his mother while attending HH.
On Good Friday of his senior year in high school, before noon, Michael dropped by his motherâs classroom, for it was her free hour and he knew heâd find her grading papers. He knocked on the door jamb before entering.
Wendy Gresham, M.A., was a study in educational professionalism. Sheâd earned her masterâs at Loyola University in high school education with certificate endorsements in Latin and mathematics. She was a quick learner in both areas, Phi Beta Kappa out of Loyola, and she expected Michael likewise to excel. She saw no reason why he wouldnât.
Wendy was a woman with a quick smile if a student deserved it but a piercing gaze if the momentâerrant student, for exampleâwarranted. She was friendly to all students but played no favorites, although the very bright ones tempted her to gravitate their way. She made a practice of never grading her students on the curve. She graded them only against themselves, looking just for improvement in their knowledge and understanding from the first day of the term to the last. If there was a marked improvement, the student was rewarded with an A grade even though, had they been graded on a curve against the rest of the classroom, they wouldâve received at best a C minus. Thus, students known as kids who were challenged in languages or math would find themselves bringing home report cards with Aâs in Latin and math to their parents. Many conversations between parents and Wendy took place each semester when Wendy, in those moments of irony, tried to explain how their child was doing so well in Wendyâs class.
But thatâs just how it was. She played fair, and she expected you to play fair. She passed this attitude onto Michael. He grew up willing to abide only open and honest transactions between people. But he was nobodyâs fool. His mother was quick to crack the whip on those who tried to use her, and Michael grew up with the same sharp eye out.
That Good Friday, however, his heart was heavy as he entered Wendyâs classroom.
âHey, Tiger,â she said without looking up from the papers she was inking in red, âhowâs it going?â
He let out a long sigh and sat in the student chair facing her desk. âIâm confused, tell the truth.â
âArenât we all? What about?â
âItâs Jane Sullivan. She wants us to get married before college.â
Wendyâs head jerked up. âCome again?â
Michael smiled his best smile. âThought that would get your attention. No, seriously, weâve been pretty close, Mom, me and Jane.â
Wendyâs eyes narrowed. âClose in what sense?â
âWell, weâve been intimate.â
âMichaelâI warned you about this.â
âI know, I know.â
âWhat did I tell you?â
âYou told me to use protection if I ever found myself in a situation like this one.â
âWell? Have you? Are you?â
âYes and no.â
âWhat the hell does âyes and noâ mean?â
âThe first time weâyou knowâI didnât have anything with me.
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