Copacetic

Nora's life is spinning out of control. The hours spent teaching eleventh grade history at the local high school are punctuated by incessant needs she can't control.

But she's in control, isn't she? She can stop at any moment, and she should stop, because her former pupil, Mollie Gibson, seems to be paying far too much attention to her every move.

She can feel the girl's eyes during the Gazette meetings after school, always watching her.

But if Mollie really knew what Nora got up to outside of school, she would not - should not - look at her with those large, pleading brown eyes.