Nothing But the Truth by Avi

Author:Avi
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

11:15 A.M.

Phone Conversation between Dr. Gertrude Doane and Dr. Joseph Palleni

DR. DOANE: Joe, sorry to bother you at home.

DR. PALLENI: That’s all right….

DR. DOANE: I just got a call from a newspaper reporter—Manchester Record—

DR. PALLENI: Oh, right. She called me.

DR. DOANE: She did?

DR. PALLENI: About a suspension—Philip Malloy. On Friday.

DR. DOANE: What is this? I was at district meetings. What’s this all about? Why should a reporter be calling?

DR. PALLENI: I put a memo in your box. Yesterday.

DR. DOANE: Joe, I was at meetings.

DR. PALLENI: Right. I know. Okay. The Malloy boy was suspended for two days—actually, less—because he was causing a disturbance in Peg Narwin’s class.

DR. DOANE: Joe, what this reporter said—told me—it was for singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” What’s this all about?

DR. PALLENI: Oh, no, no. Nothing like that. It was just that he—Philip—was acting out in class. Look, Gert, he did it twice this week. So I had to suspend him. Look. I, you know, I talked it over with the kid. He agrees about what happened. He does. That’s not an issue. Besides, I gave him a chance to work it out, you know, apologize, promise not to do it again. He’s okay. I mean, his record is perfect. Didn’t seem like much of a thing. But he wouldn’t swallow his pride. Something else, I suspect. At home. Hormones. You name it. Anyway, that’s all it is.

DR. DOANE: But why should a reporter call me?

DR. PALLENI: I don’t know. As I said, she called me too.

DR. DOANE: What did you tell her?

DR. PALLENI: Told her to mind her own business.

DR. DOANE: Joe …

DR. PALLENI: Good Lord, Gert, if I had to discuss every little problem we have with the kids with every fool reporter …

DR. DOANE: I know. I know.

DR. PALLENI: Do you want me to talk to her? Suppose I could track her down.

DR. DOANE: Not if it was only what you said it was.

DR. PALLENI: It was. Believe me. It was.

DR. DOANE: Okay. If she does call back, you can just refer her to me.

DR. PALLENI: Will do.

DR. DOANE: Have a nice weekend, Joe. Sorry to bother you.

DR. PALLENI: No problem. Have a good one, Gert.

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