*Leah*
I haven’t. Not if his enthralled attention is any indication.
Another new student arrives. Based on his wariness as he studies his surroundings like a trapped animal searching for an escape, I suspect he was recently released from prison. In which case, my brother Dion must have sent him.
Although it has been years since he was incarcerated, he tends to offer help to those who need it when they are set free. He joins Mr. Willoughby's group.
Three more current students, two men and a woman, join my circle. They take turns reading aloud, the others following the story along in their primers. When one of them blunders, I gently nudge them toward the correct word, helping them sound it out. Although on a couple of occasions, I lose my place and stumble, and Mr. Solman is the one to
