The next move is up to you, Craig, that inner voice told him.
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On January 3 his students were all apparently hung over. Not necessarily from alcohol, though with some of them that appeared to be the case. The others seemed enervated from their holiday activities, and class discussions were impossible. Not surprised by this, Adam fell back on the monologs/lectures he’d prepared just in case.
The third class of the day, his American lit. survey, was a bit of an exception. Blake and a couple of the other students had actually read the Baldwin story they were scheduled to discuss. When the period was over, Blake gathered up his things, smiled and nodded at Adam, and left.
Adam felt the same dark weight in his stomach he’d experienced when he’d first seen Blake with Stonesifer on New
