30. Beautiful teacher
Berus was sure that even if a group of people were to rush towards him, he would run forward without slowing down.
Representative Foley's state of affairs worries Berus, and it is clear that he has a lot on his mind, and what he wants to know about this alumnus may improve some of his troubles, but who knows, no one can be sure that others know the same thing about a matter as they do.
This kind of thing can't be guessed, and sometimes the truth is far more hurtful than memory, and even more unbearable than the pain that has been torn apart in memory.
"Gerina."
Representative Foley sees John's teacher in front of the green slide, and he recognizes her at a glance, and Jelena walks up and down the slide with some uneasiness.
He walked through the white vine trellises, through the pergolas, the green flat lawn was neatly trimmed with small white flowers, Foley had no research on the environment and greenery, but Shamel considered the school to be the most beautiful in the Pasadena area.
Although its location is in two different directions from Forlì's.
In the past, he didn't care about this kind of well-manicured plants and the campus environment, and now he has no time to care.
Foley ran towards Jerena, and for a moment he felt like he was running towards Ephia, hell, he thought of that hateful woman at such a time.
"Teacher Jelena."
"Hey, you're here."
"I'm sorry it's late."
"It's okay, let's go see John first, he might..."
Gerina's tone made Forlì feel uneasy, maybe he had become more sensitive lately, just like his mother had since she got sick, but Gerina's tone did make people wonder what could be wrong with John, he had always been fine, and Forlì followed closely behind Jerina to the classroom.
"Wait here, Mr. Foley." Gerina put her hand to her mouth and gave instructions to speak in a whisper.
Representative Foley stopped in front of the classroom door, and through the window, he saw John crouching on a carpet full of numbers, and in the corner stood another teacher, half of the teacher's face could only be seen from Foley's angle.
When the new teacher arrived, Forley didn't know, and he guessed that it might be the new trainee teacher, and Shamel should know her. The new teacher stood in the corner and quietly watched Forlì, just watching, not saying a word.
"This is Ephia, who came to our school last year."
"What?" Representative Foley thinks he heard it wrong, he must have heard it wrong, he was too tired today, first in the hospital, and then finally planned to have a relaxing evening, and John's incident happened again.
What Ephia, impossible. He mentally rejected the name.
"Efia Conley Vinch. She just came to Pasadena two years ago. ”
I had no idea her full name, and Representative almost blurted it out. Fortunately, Jelena made another prompt to whisper at the right time.
"Is there anything wrong with John?"
Representative Foley finally asks, and he believes that every parent will ask their child a direct question, and every teacher may like to go around in circles and find the most appropriate words to talk to parents.
Doctors don't think about this so much, and even the most terrible results are like well-trained soldiers, telling their patients about their illness almost as usual.
"We found it in the last six months."
"Found what?"
"Don't worry, we can't be sure about this yet."
"Can't be sure of what?"
He began to believe that Jelena must have some Russian ancestry, mostly from her grandmother or great-grandmother, and that if she could speak well, Representative Foley would find that this bloodline would have left the most wonderful mark on her.
But no matter how beautiful she is, she is not as good as John in his heart, and if you ask Forlì who in this world, when he is completely paralyzed in a hospital bed, the last thing he can face will be, the only thing he thinks of is John, and even Samel is put in a far corner of his heart.
No one can replace John's importance, he must be whole, he must be well, there must be no problems, God forbid, there should be no suffering for him, if I have not endured enough, if I should have endured more suffering, then let me endure, not let this child suffer the slightest pain.
"We're worried that he has some kind of concentration problem."
"What?" Forlì's mouth was wide open, and as Jelina had twice reminded him, he held back his voice, but opened his mouth wider, and Jelina looked at Forlì with blue-gray eyes, as if she had said the wrong thing.
"How do you see it?"
Jerina gestured to the orange stool in the hallway, and Forlì obediently followed her, he didn't want to sit down on one of those small stools, but he did so.
Representative Foley knew very well that Jelena would not finish a sentence or two, and he would not allow her to fool John with a mental disorder in a sentence or two.
If he can't come up with a good explanation, Forlly thinks to himself, complaints are indispensable. No teacher can arbitrarily impose his guesses on a 5-year-old child, let alone his little John.
"Can you say it now?"
"I'm sorry, maybe we lack experience, maybe we ......"
"Teacher, let's just say what you have, although I have a lot of questions now, but I still want to hear from you first, this healthy and lively boy, my son, how can he have a mental disorder?"
"It's just speculation, sir."
"Guess? I'm sure for your school's sake, you won't be sure that the two of us are sitting in this place right now and talking. ”
"I mean, just from the day-to-day behavior, I have to have this concern. This kind of thing is rare, but it is not completely impossible, and it seems that such children will appear in a few years. ”
"What the hell is the problem?" Representative Foley couldn't help but say foul language, and his voice became irrepressible.
"Does John have a habit of doing things over and over again at home?"
"Nope." Representative Foley answers without thinking.
"No?" This time it was Jelena's turn to give her an incredulous expression.
"No, never." Foley looked at Jelena, more and more convinced that this teacher was really only pretty, and the rest was all nonsense, maybe she wanted to be more professional, even beyond the professionalism that a teacher of this age should have, but she messed up this show, the problem she said never happened, never.
Representative Foley was going to say goodbye to the beautiful woman of Russian descent in front of him, but before that he had to follow her to the classroom.
At this moment he remembered that there was another teacher standing in the classroom, that hateful side, he had just seen in the sci-fi section of the last bookstore, if it was really Ephia, would it be better for him to pretend not to recognize it? Maybe let's look at her reaction first, it was she who disappeared in the first place, and she should be the one who should have an explanation.