The Day the Classroom Learned to Listen

Of course he did.

I nodded. “I’ll go after I get Leo settled.”

“That won’t be necessary,” she replied quickly. “He’ll remain in the back today. We have a testing schedule.”

I didn’t argue.

Not yet.

Instead, I walked to the back corner where Leo sat exactly where I had left him yesterday—angled toward the wall, as if the entire classroom had decided again that he was easier to ignore than include.

“Good morning, Captain,” I said quietly.

His eyes shifted.

Just a little.

But it was there.