Tuesday
It was Tuesday, 4 p.m. I had my last class of the day, psychology. I had just had sociology. Before that was occult class then lunch, art, history, science, math and English. It had been a very long day. Written on the board were the words 'insanity. Discuss'. The teacher sat at his desk at the front of the room and opened up the discussion.
"Recently, a friend of mine had his house partially burned. He, his wife and their kids had to move out of that house. I'm sure you've all heard about it as it was on the news."
We nodded.
"The house is up for sale although nobody's bought it yet."
The teacher paused.
"The house was burned at 5 in the morning last December by an arsonist. Do you think this person is insane or not? What are the possible motives for someone wanting to burn the house?"
Someone in the back raised her hand.
"Yes Anna," the teacher said.
"How old is the house and is it still standing?"
"It had been there since the 1800s and yes, it is still standing."
"What do we know about the arsonist?" someone else asked.
"not much, which just makes it that much more difficult."
I raised my hand.
"Yes October."
"I think there was a reason for this."
"Ok. Can you elaborate?"
"People don't just do things like this without a reason. I learned that from my mom."
"Ok what are the possible reasons?"
"Jealousy or revenge."