“Okay, she’s gone, so you can come out now.”
I peered behind the teacher’s table. “Are you sure?”
Angela gave me the stink-eye when she said, “Yes. I’m sure. So get your butt off the floor.”
Grimacing, I slowly stood up and patted the back of my skirt. “Thanks.”
“What did she do now?”
“Nothing.”
“Then why are you hiding from her since yesterday?”
Because I wanted to avoid a certain somebody, I thought as I made my way to the window and looked over it. Angela came to me and, leaning an elbow over the ledge, continued to frown at me for an answer.
“What’s gotten into you? You’ve been spacing too much since yesterday. What really happened last Sunday?”
I shrugged. “I just realized that, like a mama bird, I need to let Autumn spread her wings and fly.”
“I am not following.”
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