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Chapter Seven- The Present Day
Chapter Seven - Jane
Despite my many attempts to tell my mother I felt fine, she called again an hour later.
"Everything okay?"
I sighed, resting my elbow on my knee and bracing my forehead against my palm. "Momma, I'm fine, I swear. I'm going to go to the school today and setup some of my classroom."
"That'll be fun. Why don't you ask Stephanie to come, and y'all can go eat afterward?"
I wasn't born yesterday, and I knew this was one of her many attempts to get me to eat with a chaperone. "Mom, I want to be alone today. It's my first time in my classroom. I don't want
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