“Why are you crying, Miss Molly?” In the teacher’s office, Charlotte stood in front of the arts and crafts teacher’s desk with her hands behind her back, blinking her big, gorgeous eyes. ‘Please don’t cry anymore.”
“I’m not crying.” Molly faced away and wiped her tears away, telling herself to be strong. However, she still couldn’t stop her tears from falling like pearls of a broken string. Meanwhile, Rachel stood outside. She could. feel the teacher’s distress even just looking through the window.
The young woman, who had just graduated, confidently thought she would be facing a bunch of angels when lo and behold, reality sent her little devils, torturing her to burnout every day. Who could take that?!
“Miss Molly, look. This looks pretty, doesn’t it?” “What?” Molly turned around to find Charlotte swinging a red string with a tiny ornament hung on one end in front of her.
The twilight rays shone in from the windows, enveloping the child with a soft purplish-orange filter, making her smile even brighter. “Can I tell you a secret, Miss Molly?”
“What is it?”
“Mr. Clyde said he likes girls who like to smile.” Molly’s face flushed crimson at the comment, and she became incoherent. “Why are you telling me this? What does his preference for girls have to do with me?”
“Mr. Clyde’s single.” “What does that have to do with me?” Molly’s face turned even redder, and it took her quite some time to finally ask, “Really?”
“Of course, it is. I’ve been here longer than you have. And Mr. Clyde and my uncle are really good friends. My uncle even said he’d introduce some girls to Mr. Clyde.”
“He can’t!” blustered Molly, wide-eyed, when she had been crying her eyes out a second ago. Immediately realizing she had reacted out of proportion, she cleared her throat awkwardly and said, “I mean, the school is where we teach and learn. It’s not right to think about dating.”
“I think so too. I’ll tell my uncle some other time.” “Forget about that. Do it today.” At that, Charlotte blinked at Molly. “Miss Molly, don’t cry anymore, okay?”
“What for? I wasn’t crying at all. I’m a teacher.” “Hehe. Charlotte pulled a lollipop out of her pocket and put it on the desk. “Here, Miss Molly, this is for you. We’re good friends now.” Following that, the two chatted a little while more.
Meanwhile, Rachel watched the entire thing from behind the door and couldn’t help feeling. impressed. The little girl hadn’t said a word of apology, and yet she managed to coax this interning arts and. crafts teacher. What a talent!
Aside, Victor beamed. “What did I tell you? You don’t need to worry. This little rascal might be naughty, but she looks adorable as well. Also, she can manage to sweet-talk her way out of just about any trouble she has caused. Forget about reprimanding her; her teachers’ hearts. would melt as soon as she smiled.”
“But she still has to apologize for her screwups. “Don’t worry about it. Newcomers are a little more fragile, so it’s normal that they cry from the students’ bullies. She’ll toughen up in about half a year.”
While the two were chatting, Molly had brought Charlotte out. “Alright, I’ll let you take Charlotte home. I’ll leave after I’m done with my lesson plan.” “Forget about that. I’ll drive you home. I have something to talk to you about in the car,” said Rachel after checking the time.
“What is it?” “Your thing with Gloria.” Victor was taken aback for a second. While Victor was packing up, Rachel took Charlotte to look for Samuel, only to see Justin and the boy sitting on the swing in the playground. From afar, they actually looked like a genuine pair of father and son.
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