IX.
Her Bad English
Everything is so beautiful around the new household, and there is so much more time for Rosa to simply sit in Laureano’s recliner and think about her good fortune that, while Max and Mondo go about fixing the house, she can also think about fixing up herself, things like her bad English. No more Esmeralda coming around all the time, and she can’t really just sit and talk to Mrs. Rose while she’s supposed to be working.
Will the classes in the library take her back? Finally, she gets out of the recliner to go see.
The classes used to start at 6 p.m., so Rosa goes next day at this hour. The rooms are the same, but no familiar faces. A white-haired man is the new director, Mr. Fitzgerald. He gives her an application form to fill out and sits her down in an empty room t
