#Chapter102

Elisa yanks her cell phone up from the desk when it lights up and presses the screen before squinting at it.

"Oh, my mom's outside already. I have my optician thing. I'll come to yours after it's done. I gotta run... I'm sorry." Elisa chucks the last of her things into her bag and takes off without zipping it up. Waving frantically at me and disappearing pronto.

Leaving me almost the last person in here to stand around like a spare part. I exhale, blow out air, zip up my bag and slide it onto my back as I follow the last two students out and turn left. I...