THE SCHOOL VISIT PROVED to be highly informative, but it didn’t assuage Belle’s separation anxiety. Her son would be the only African child in the whole school, and it worried her. She was the only red-haired girl in her school growing up, and she was bullied to her eyeballs because of it.
The confident nine-year-old was oblivious to her worry, which was good. The last thing she wanted was to transfer her own unwarranted anxieties to him. The Principal asked them if they had any questions. They didn’t have any.
Well, that settles it then,’ said Bryce.
The men walked to the Registrar’s office to sort out matriculation. The school was due to start in a week’s time. It was such short notice; no-one was more surprised than Bryce that his son was accepted as an intake. The planets were align
