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Someone He Didn't Expect To See
"Mrs. Stokes, why isn't my grandma here?" A little girl named Ally asked Jackie after school.
"She's probably looking for a place to park kiddo, there are a lot of people and so parking can be hard."
Jackie had after school duty that day with her friend and teaching partner Lisa Masters.
Once a week each teacher would have after school duty, meaning they had to stay outside with all the kids that didn't have rides after school. If whoever was picking the kids up didn't show up within about ten minutes of school ending for the day the kids were taken down to the office to wait with the secretary as she called their parents. The kids didn't mind that at all, they loved the secretary.
Jackie looked around, only Ally and Jasmine and Houston remained.
"Mrs. Stokes, what happens if my grandma doesn't come?" Ally asked worriedly.
Ally was in Jackie's class, this was Ally's first year at the school, she had attended kindergarten at a different school and she didn't know what happens when you don't have a ride home.
"Well then I'll take you down to the office and you can wait with Mrs. Caldwell, or if you'd rather you can stay with me." Jackie assured her with a smile.
Ally smiled back relieved.
"But I bet your grandma will be here soon, she's never been late before."
"Guys can you go stand with your mom?" Lisa asked Jasmine and Houston as she led the two kids to Jackie.
"I'll be right back, I have to use the restroom." Lisa whispered to Jackie.
"Hi Ally." Jasmine said to the little girl.
Despite being in different classes the two little girls played together at recess and often sat together at lunch, they were good friends.
"Hi Jasmine." Ally answered.
"I wonder where your daddy is." Jackie said to Jasmine and Houston.
"He's late." Jasmine declared with obvious disdain in her voice.
Jackie laughed.
"Should we fire him?" Jackie asked her with a chuckle.
"Yeah." Jasmine said.
"Yeah? I don't think we should, it would be hard to replace him." Jackie told her little girl.
Jackie looked at her watch.
"Ok guys, let's go down to Mrs. Caldwell." Jackie said as she started leading the kids towards the school doors.
"Wait Mrs. Stokes, there is my grandma." Ally said as she pointed towards a woman walking towards them.
"Ok sweetheart, I'll see you tomorrow." Jackie told her as she gave her a high five before Ally took off towards her grandmother.
"I'm sorry I'm late, there was a bad accident up the road so it took a while to get here." Ally's grandma explained apologetically.
"It's no problem." Jackie assured her with a smile.
"There's daddy." Jasmine exclaimed suddenly, apparently she had already forgotten she had wanted to fire him.
"I'm sorry guys, there was a car wreck and I couldn't get here." Nick told the two excited kids.
"CSI Stokes?" Ally's grandmother said suddenly.
Nick's eyes got wide, standing right next to him was Lady Heather….
TBC…