“H ey — Adina.” Fraida snagged Adina by the sleeve as she passed and shoved a file into her arms. “Can you do me a huge favor? I need to go there—” she waggled her eyebrows toward the little office in the hallway where Mrs. Brandweis stood waiting—” but I promised the office I’d return this file right away. Rabbi Leibowitz needs it to place some order or something.” Fraida was already halfway down the hall tossing the words over her shoulder. “Can you put it in my cubby in the back of the office? Thanks!”
“Sure no problem” Adina said to the spot where Fraida had just vanished. She did an about-face and headed toward the office.
The main office with its labyrinth of alcoves and tiny walled-off offices was teeming with people this lunch period. “Can I just put this away?” Adina asked a secretary with phones on both ears. She waited a beat took the silence as agreement and squeezed past three tenth graders who seemed suspiciously soaking wet. It didn’t seem to hamper their spirits but Adina catching sight of a thunderous-faced Rabbi Leibowitz heading in their direction was glad her own business in the office was of the more mundane variety.
“What are you doing here?”
Adina looked around. One of the secretaries was looking at her quizzically over a table of collated booklets.
