'Melinda, what happened to me yesterday?'

As Murphy's law would have it, the girl wasn't allowed to answer. It turns out that stiletto heels make the same amount of noise on parquet as it does on linoleum. There was a short knock on the door, and then it opened.

'Mr Sarpaulis, this is unacceptable. We cannot dispose of our children in the middle of lessons. Principle Bale was furious. The crowd of mouth-opened ten-year olds behind her not so much. But if she had been there with ...