Chapter 1
Every day was like any other day. I came to work, I worked, and I went home again. It was there, and I did it. It was just like my dad used to say when I asked him how work had been that day. He’d say it was there, so I did it. Now I would sometimes say the same. Except my dad was an accountant, and I don’t think he liked his job. I, on the other hand, do enjoy teaching. It’s rewarding. So you can scrub that it was there, so I did it thing. It’s not really applicable.
The day’s lessons were over and it was finally time to go home. I looked out of the schoolroom window and spoke to nobody in particular.
“It’s really bad today. Maybe two metres visibility or less. They’ll have to suspend the buses.”
As if they had been waiting for my cue, speakers all over the city blared out t
