Steps of the heart

ance exam came fast

and the next, I was sitting in the back seat of our Toyota Camry wi

y said from the front sea

as usual. "I cannot go around telling peopl

ommon entrance. It

. "Is it not the same f

pi

rying to act calm while their parents were the ones panicking. As we got closer to the buildin

I saw hi

Panti

in the principal's office, and I'd don

led mis

what class he was in. I only knew that his

earing me?" Mummy asked a

ry,

om you. If they try it, report the

s m

d a full 360-degree scan. Wooden desks. Ceiling fans turning lazily. Students

e to b

out my pens, calculator, and ID slip. The girl beside me was chewing g

the doo

o

e he

ies

just fine - he was weari

God in

der he looked like someo

rted whispering. I didn't blame them. He had that presence - like whe

ike he was scanning for non

time, h

he sm

then - the audacity - he leaned in

rget where you

uth o

parted in full shock. Did th

s so hard, my a

ng," I muttered, just lou

y chuckled - and walk

hew

ne of those girls that falls fo

nt like a resp

r. I breezed through the English like it was a bedtime story. Math gave me a few

es sweep over me from the front o

I will not f

opped our pens, I stretched and exhale

ng from the front," the

to the front, where he was now sitt

dropped mine without

for a second lon

riting," he

Just for

ly hissed - yes, I actually hiss

use me mid-exam? To play smooth bo

y that with

outside the building like a UN observer.

it?" sh

eplied. And honestly? I d

s standing by the window, watching the students leave. Pr

walke

I wasn't the one