After sliding up onto the classroom desk, I collapsed my hands together and hoped that Sierra would show up today. She, Heather, and a couple of their friends had gone shopping at the mall for New Year’s Eve dresses. But she’d seemed nervous when I mentioned another class.
To finish the class time that everyone had missed after Sierra said her safeword, I added another one a few days later onto our calendar and emailed the class that they could attend it if they were available.
I hadn’t planned on a demonstration today because we had a far more important lesson.
To my surprise, the seats filled up in the classroom more than I’d thought they would for a last-minute addition. Every time the door opened, I raised my gaze and hoped that Sierra would trickle into the room tonight.
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