"But if you knew in the morning already, why wasn’t a message sent out immediately to all our parents?"
It’s ten minutes after the bell, and Mrs. Klar still hasn’t arrived.
Mimi barely notices. She’s preoccupied with something else: Shoshana isn’t in school today, and she didn’t show up to study last night either. When Mimi tried calling her, there was no answer. What’s going on?
She asks Ella, who shrugs, and Tzippy, who frowns. “I tried her also. The line was busy.”
Mrs. Schwartz, the assistant principal, walks in just then, a stack of papers under her arm. “Girls, Mrs. Klar can’t make it today. We’ll be having a short Navi class instead, so please take out your—”
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