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DEFYING RULES
For today’s snippet I moved a little forward again. A couple of weeks later, Addison has her first day at work, as a primary school teacher.
DEFYING RULES is set along the Australian Great Ocean Road and tells the story of Ethan Tomlin, single dad, and manager of a hotel chain.
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She followed Jax, the Grade 6 teacher, and Mary, the Prep teacher, out of the staff room and along the hall to attend the first day assembly. The noise of the excited children made her smile and excitement filled her as well. Addison went into her classroom filled with twenty-something little children, dressed in the uniform of green, forty-something eyes staring at her in anticipation.
She sighed deeply and knelt in front of the children. “Okay, my little ducklings. I know you’re all excited, and actually so am I, but I’m hoping you’ll be on your best behaviour.” She took the hand of the girl at the very front. “Hello pumpkin. Can you show me the way to the assembly hall?”
Nodding her small head, the girl said eagerly, “Yes, Miss—”
Addison winked at the little girl. “My name is Miss Ryker.”
“Yes, Miss Ryker.”
“Let’s go pumpkin. We’ll be right behind you.”
Addison followed her little herd of children into the assembly hall and watched them as they gave little hand waves to parents and some grandparents. One of the boys high-fived a man and as she looked up, her heart almost skipped a beat.
It was the dad with no name from the Christmas concert.
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So they meet again. Perhaps she’ll find out his name this time. 🙂
Would be the perfect opportunity, wouldn’t it 🙂 Thanks, Karen !
Really enjoyed the excerpt, felt that little thrill as she recognized the guy LOL.
Great … Thanks, Veronica!
oh… 🙂 Hopefully she gets to meet him.
YES … well, he’s a “school parent”, so hopefully the odds are good … thanks for stopping by. Really appreciated!
Interesting way to draw the two of them together again. Parent – teacher conferences might be fun this year!
LOL re the parent / teacher interviews. Thanks for stopping by, Ed 🙂
Well, at least now she has a lead on who no-name is!
Exactly! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, PT.
haha, exactly who she needed to see. Maybe not on her first day though. I wonder if it’s allowed to have a romantic relationship with one of the parents of your pupils.
… and there’s the problem 🙂 Thanks, Linda, for stopping by.