Chapter 7

Rosemary’s panting breath, as she passes the windows, causes Gregory to slide from the warmth of the bed, ashamed, to make her tea and toast with strawberry jam.

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There are two days left until Gregory returns to his third grade classroom. He has been busy, trying to make up for what the school board refuses to supply, going to Costco and buying reams of construction paper, safety scissors, watercolor kits, and crayons. He looks forward to entering the world of children again, of being part of that innocence and of not having to think about his own life. His days with the kids are so filled that he scarcely has time to ponder things like his marriage and Rosemary and the impulses he buries down deep inside.