And No One Stopped Them | Part 16
The Devastating News That Blew Up My World
And the fallout that sealed the deal
There came a truly horrible day at Mrs. Jorgenson’s. I was getting ready to leave after my Saturday music lesson. She’d been unusually quiet that day with a far-away look in her eyes. It was the first time her mouth smiled but her eyes didn’t.
I couldn’t ask but I feared she was angry with me.
She had no criticism for me during my lesson; only praise so I hadn’t disappointed her. What is it then? What have I done? Why aren’t your eyes smiling at me today?
But she wasn’t telling.
I knelt by the door and put my shoes on before standing up and grabbing my jacket off the hook. That’s when she dropped the bomb.
“Well…” She hesitated. Uh-oh, here it comes. You’re mad at me, I just knew it!
“I hate to tell you this,” she went on, “but there’s nothing more you can learn from me. You need to take lessons from my teacher. She’s the best in the city,” she said, with an “I hope you understand” look in her eyes.
