6/24/2023 0 Comments Love inc by yvonne collins![]() ![]() He’s used to apologising for being late.Ī girl steps out from behind Fletcher and repeats, ‘Disculpe el retraso.’ She’s all sharp edges, but somehow still pretty. ![]() ‘Disculpe el retraso, Señora.’ The words slip easily off Fletcher’s tongue. ‘Fletcher,’ she says, ‘aquí, se habla español.’ Some girls must be, because I can hear giggles behind me. ![]() I suppose he’s good-looking, if you’re into big guys with small heads. Even without the football jersey, you’d know he’s a jock from the build and the confident smile. The door opens again and a guy with unruly brown hair blocks the entrance. It smells worse than my old school, too – like perfume mixed with sweat and chalk dust. I expect to hate everything here, from the teachers to the cafeteria fries. I’d respect her more if she’d learnt the hard way, like us, or taught German. I can tell by the way she rolls her R’s that she learnt Spanish at home as a kid. Time to get to work.’ She crosses the room on her toes, like a ballroom dancer, and repeats her point in Spanish. At precisely three minutes past nine she closes the door with a firm click. Señora Mendoza keeps a hand on the doorknob and her eyes on the clock. ![]()
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