“57, 58, 59, now.” Maria Coker counted the seconds leading to 3:00 p.m. as the school’s alarm system struck to indicate closing time. She smiled when barely one second later, the double doors flew open and the elementary schoolers ran out in troops eagerly to go home. To avoid colliding with the excited kids, Maria waited until the rush was over. When the number of teenagers heading out turned fewer, she found her way into the school premises.She had a meeting with the head teacher regarding her resumption of teaching activities. Maria had missed the classroom and her hips were fully recovered now. “Miss Coker!”, A tiny voice shrieked making Maria’s heart jump in her chest. She turned in time to see Avery, her grade three class president run over to her and throw her arms around her, to her surprise. The little girl was always quiet and only spoke up when necessary. “Oh, Avery!.” Maria said as she returned the little girl’s hug which was quick and over in time. “How have you bee
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