Zenaida's homeroom teacher asked her again " of course. You can take a leave for sure. But does it hurt so much? "
Zenaida looked at the worried face of her teacher and felt guilty in her heart for lying to him. But she still kept her act and said " it is bearable for now. But I'm afraid that it will be worsen, if I continued to attend to the other classes in the evening."
" Okay. Then, I will file a leave for you right now." After saying that , he was readied to get up and look for the relevant file.
Zenaida immediately said to him again "mr. Harry, there is no one to pick me up. My uncle is also at an another town today. So, can I go alone? I can walk by myself to the home since it situated near to our school. "
After hearing this, Harry seems to be troubled by this matter a little because he can't let a sick child goes home alone. Also, he was well aware about the Zenaida's family situation.
He knows that Zenaida doesn't have anyone else other than her uncle and her both parents have passed away from a car accident when Zenaida was in the middle school. If her uncle is also not at home who is going to take care of her, if her sickness was to get worsen.
With this thought, Harry said to Zenaida " Zenaida, why don't you stay at the nursing room. I can't let you stay at a place where anyone isn't at."
After hearing this, Zenaida felt a little bit aggrieved about this situation but her saviour soon appeared in front of her.
"Mr. Harry, I will go with Zenaida and I will also stay with her until her uncle comes back too." Ava appeared in front of them and said to their teacher.
Harry thought about it for awhile and agreed to Ava's suggestion.
Then, he filed a leave for both of them. He gave them the permission to go home upon the promise to call him and inform him right after when they went to Zenaida's place.
After promising him to do that way, Ava and Zenaida walked out of the teachers' room.
When they came out of there, Zenaida excitedly jumped at Ava and hugged her while saying "How come you came here at the right time? "
Ava said to her " Of course. I knew that mr. Harry won't let you go home all alone. "
Zenaida released Ava from her hug and looked at her face while saying with an aggrieved voice " But I don't want to bother you with my private things."
"That is what is best friends are for. What would be the use of mine, if I weren't to help you out in that kind of situation. " Ava passed the school bag of Zenaida to her while saying that.
Then, she showed her own bag and said to her with a grin " Look!!! I came all prepared to rescue you from that situation. You should cook something delicious for me today."
While talking with one another, they both left the school to go to the Zenaida's place.
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Roy followed after Carl who was walking with big strides. He shouted our for Carl " Carl!!! Can you walk slowly?! Zenaida asked me to give you this bag."
When Roy mentioned Zenaida's name, Roy noticed that Carl reduced his walking speed a little. Roy caught up with him and passed one of the polythene bags in his hand to Carl.
While passing it to Carl, Roy noticed the small note which is sticked on the polythene bag and said to Carl " It seems that Zenaida has not only send you food for lunch but also has send you a note."
" She bought lunch for me? " Carl asked Roy while glancing at the inside of the bag. Then, he passed the bag back to Roy and said " I don't need anything from her from today onwards. Just pass it back to her. Why should I accept a stranger's food?"
Roy took back the bag and said to Carl while removing the note from the surface of the bag" Zenaida was worriedly sick about you are being starved in the middle of the classroom. Yet, you are here acting all rebellious with her. "
While saying that, Roy didn't forget to observe the expression of Carl. He didn't miss the slightest change on his face after hearing his words, eventhough Carl tried his best to not show that on his face.
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Author's note- I will start to update 1000 words length chapters after chapter 20
Chapter 21- Little emotional changes in his unfeeling heart