Private Lessons (2010)
“But she knew better. She couldn’t count the number of times she’d read and reread his name on her student roster and visualized his face when he’d spotted her at the head of the class.
“It was surreal,” she was saying to Alexis over a glass of beer and nachos, their favorite after-work snack. She dipped her nacho into the bowl of salsa, brought it to her mouth and crunched. She shook her head slowly.
“I’m the last person you should be taking advice from at this point, but I think you should jus...t leave it alone.”
“But what if he says something to someone?”
“It’s his word against a respected, tenured professor. Look at you. You certainly don’t look the type to have some fling with a strange man on a Caribbean island.”
“You don’t have to make it sound so awful.”
“I’m sorry. That wasn’t my intent. I’m just saying no one would believe it.”
“Thanks,” she said drolly.
Alexis shrugged. “So, other than that drama, how was the first day?”
They discussed their classes and their students, who they thought would make it until the end of the semester and which teachers they were surprised had returned for another year.MoreLess
“It was surreal,” she was saying to Alexis over a glass of beer and nachos, their favorite after-work snack. She dipped her nacho into the bowl of salsa, brought it to her mouth and crunched. She shook her head slowly.
“I’m the last person you should be taking advice from at this point, but I think you should jus...t leave it alone.”
“But what if he says something to someone?”
“It’s his word against a respected, tenured professor. Look at you. You certainly don’t look the type to have some fling with a strange man on a Caribbean island.”
“You don’t have to make it sound so awful.”
“I’m sorry. That wasn’t my intent. I’m just saying no one would believe it.”
“Thanks,” she said drolly.
Alexis shrugged. “So, other than that drama, how was the first day?”
They discussed their classes and their students, who they thought would make it until the end of the semester and which teachers they were surprised had returned for another year.MoreLess
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