Collateral Damage
“These indeed seem, for they are actions that a man might play." I took a gulp from the water bottle Vince handed me and then took a deep breath. "But I have that within which passeth show, these but the trappings and the suits of woe." Alrik's pencil slipped from his slack hand, rolled off his desk, and then hit the floor with a soft click.
I jumped, making my chair squeak and startling Alrik awake. He gaped at me as I covered my mouth to smother a sob. Vince rose smoothly from the chair he'd pulled beside mine and went to pick Alrik up. His tone was light as he carried the boy from the room. "Naptime, buddy. We'll continue after dinner." Alone in Cyrus' dark office, I thought back on the week I'd spent failing to get Alrik interested in Shakespeare. Cyrus had told me through Vince I had two weeks to prove myself. For Alrik to choose me. So far I'd tried everything from using sock puppets to act out the parts with the voices that had been so popular in the daycare, to bribing the boy ...with the sweet treats Vince provided.MoreLess
I jumped, making my chair squeak and startling Alrik awake. He gaped at me as I covered my mouth to smother a sob. Vince rose smoothly from the chair he'd pulled beside mine and went to pick Alrik up. His tone was light as he carried the boy from the room. "Naptime, buddy. We'll continue after dinner." Alone in Cyrus' dark office, I thought back on the week I'd spent failing to get Alrik interested in Shakespeare. Cyrus had told me through Vince I had two weeks to prove myself. For Alrik to choose me. So far I'd tried everything from using sock puppets to act out the parts with the voices that had been so popular in the daycare, to bribing the boy ...with the sweet treats Vince provided.MoreLess
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