The problem with ZeeZee was that she said the most outlandish things with such temimus
Chava tapped her fingers on the desk, the sound reverberating in the empty classroom. She glanced once more at her watch. ZeeZee was ten minutes late. Not that Chava was surpri![](https://mishpacha.abovedemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dreamC.jpg")
sed.
What surprised her was her own nervousness. As a mechaneches, it was her job to keep tabs on the 21 girls in her class and help them with any issues. She always made sure to meet with each girl once before their Succos break.
She’d saved ZeeZee for the very last. There was something about the girl that made her apprehensive. She didn’t understand it — an experienced teacher like herself cowed by an 18-year-old girl? It was absurd.
But here she was, ashamed to admit that part of her was hoping ZeeZee wouldn’t show.
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