Moana

Both Ella’s and my eyes widened when Edrick came out into the dining room early the next morning and announced his plans.

“Get dressed, both of you,” he said. “We’re going to look at a school today.”

Ella’s jaw dropped. “A school?!” she shrieked, jumping up from her chair excitedly. “Really?”

Edrick nodded with a slight smile. “Yep. We’re gonna look into sending you to school like all of the other kids. Would you like that?”

With a wide, ecstatic grin, Ella nodded vehemently and ran over to her father. She threw her little arms around his legs and hugged him tightly. “Yes, daddy!” she shouted. “I really really want to go to school!”

to hide a smile of his own. “Go get dressed, then,”

I thought I heard the sound of her tripping, falling, and skidding across the floor on her way, but she seemed fine. I stood, smiling, and placed

really did think about it, huh?”

kids. Besides… With the baby coming, having her at school during

wasn’t about to argue with Edrick. I was just glad that he had decided to send Ella to school after

which made me happy, and so we walked to meet the headmistress. Ella walked between us, holding one of each of our hands, and it really did feel like we were a little family. The walk was nice,

As we walked up the long pebble pathway to the front door, an elderly woman stepped out onto the front stoop

morning!” the old woman said with a bright smile. “You must be Mr. Morgan, Miss Ella, and…”

my hand. The old woman shook

Headmistress Hawkins,” she replied, then turned and held open the heavy

ceilings, and a lot of natural light. There was a gymnasium, auditorium, countless classrooms, a cafeteria, a beautiful inner courtyard with a fountain, and plenty of recreation spaces. She showed us the music room, the science lab, the daycare

is the art room,” the headmistress said, gesturing to a closed and rather dusty looking door.

dark room with all of the furniture covered by white sheets. The curtains were closed and there were boxes everywhere, as though it was

used?” I

it used to be,” she replied. “And by that I

I frowned. “What happened?”

out another sigh and lowered her voice a bit. “Our beloved art teacher passed away a couple of years ago,” she said. “She was getting on in age. We haven’t found a good enough replacement, so unfortunately our art department is currently on

it was out of the headmistress’s control, but I wanted

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