My body reacted before my mind could catch up. I grabbed the desk for balance. Glue sticks clattered to the floor.
“No harm done,” I said quickly when the children gasped.
But inside, everything had cracked open.
Theo’s voice later—soft and polite—felt like a memory from twenty years ago. I kept moving, kept teaching, because if I stopped I might collapse in front of twenty children.
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