Nekomah Creek (2012)
“Perkins’s timing was perfect. I was right in the middle of working on my diorama the next Monday when she motioned me up to her desk.
“It’s time for your appointment with Mrs. Van Gent,” she said when I got there.
I stared at her. “But I talked to her last week.”
“Come along,” she said, and I had to follow her out into the hall.
“Robert, you have to see the counselor more than once to get anything out of it.”
“But I don’t have anything to say to her. And anyway, I already got the message about ...not reading so much.”
“I’m not sure it sank in. Mrs. Elliot saw you pulling a paperback out of your pocket on the playground yesterday.”
“Oh.” For Pete’s sake, this school was a spy network.
“Besides, all this reading is just a symptom. We think maybe Mrs. Van Gent can get at your deeper problem.”
My deeper problem. That sounded so gloomy.
“Now run along.” She glanced at her watch. “She’ll be waiting for you.”
I trudged down the hall. My feet felt so heavy I almost thought I was lugging some big problem.MoreLess
“It’s time for your appointment with Mrs. Van Gent,” she said when I got there.
I stared at her. “But I talked to her last week.”
“Come along,” she said, and I had to follow her out into the hall.
“Robert, you have to see the counselor more than once to get anything out of it.”
“But I don’t have anything to say to her. And anyway, I already got the message about ...not reading so much.”
“I’m not sure it sank in. Mrs. Elliot saw you pulling a paperback out of your pocket on the playground yesterday.”
“Oh.” For Pete’s sake, this school was a spy network.
“Besides, all this reading is just a symptom. We think maybe Mrs. Van Gent can get at your deeper problem.”
My deeper problem. That sounded so gloomy.
“Now run along.” She glanced at her watch. “She’ll be waiting for you.”
I trudged down the hall. My feet felt so heavy I almost thought I was lugging some big problem.MoreLess
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