“So. We will begin our studies now.” Mr. Murphy pulled his briefcase up on to the table. “What’s your favorite subject?”
“Well… Math, I suppose.”
“Ah. Professor Stein’s class, right?”
“Right.”
“So why do you like math?”
What kind of a question is that? Petra asked.
“I don’t… know.”
“Okay, then. I understand that you like math very much. But we will have to start from World Civilizations today. Professor Stein will be teaching you math.”
Good, Petra thought. At least I’ll have some sort of normality in my life.
Mr. Murphy took a World Civilizations book out of his briefcase and handed it to Petra.
“Now, where did you leave off?” he asked.
Petra flipped through the pages. She noticed that the book was the same kind as the one she had at the boarding school.
“I think we stopped about here,” she answered, opening to a page showing a Chinese pagoda.
“Ah. Okay.” Mr. Murphy nodded approvingly. “Now before you start, I would like you to take a look at the front inside cover of the book.”
Petra did so. Her eyes slid down the names written in blue ink until it rested one on that she recognized—it was her book!
Mr. Murphy must have sensed her delight, because when Petra looked back up at him, he seemed extremely satisfied.
As he began to teach, Petra thought about her new life.
I finally get to share a room with Collier? I get my own tutor? I’m taking part in something secret? I think I can live with it, she thought happily.
I like the last paragraph best because it has like both sides and expressions so i can really see how they booth feel and helps to understand at the start though I was just a little lost because I forgot what you were talking about haha I am like who is mr.murphy? And then I remembered haha
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