Midnight Strokes
She set her bag on the teacher’s desk with slow, careful movements, opened her lesson plan folder, and started writing the day’s objectives on the board in her neat, slanted handwriting:
Things Fall Apart Post-Colonial Themes & Character Motivation
Objective: By the end of the period, you will analyse Okonkwo’s internal conflict using textual evidence.
Seventeen boys came in quieter than usual. No pushing, no last second scrolling on phones. They just slid into their seats without a word.
Khalid took front row centre tie knotted perfectly, eyes already fixed on her.
Chidi sat two rows back on the left fidgeting with his pen cap, leg bouncing under the desk like he couldn’t sit still.
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