: Invisib

on

ence of David Mitchell in front of her and I f

and I'd never once seen her smile at

ey said, although it sounded like an obl

s I said., . "Good to see you again in

d to see you too. Almost didn't recognize you without a foot

h we both knew exactly how long it

aduation party, when Audrey had mista

ing down at Ollie, who was hiding a bit behin

said, placing a ha

to Mr. Mitchell a

quietly, holding on

e's age and also an extrovert from hi

ansformers? I have t

question, Mrs. Henderson sho

haw? We're read

s arm as she said. "We should catch

his eyes on my wife for a m

ck out that new ice cream place on

" Audrey replied with

th their attention as I spoke.

smile fading away going back to the annoyan

r fifties, welcomed us with s

. I'm excited to talk about Ol

ed to us. Ollie in the middle sti

on to our advanced program," Mrs. Hend

off the charts, and his reasoning skills are a

ccomplishments. Beside me, Audrey nodded her head

about David, counting the minute to the time the me

you've been working on?" Mrs. Henderson asked gently l

fully and brought out a lot

he explained, sounding more confident a

ystem here, and the windows are placed in a way that it

t I was seeing as I spoke. "That's incred

ed. "Ms. Winters in the library helped

d as if she was commenting on the weather r

tchell about Charlie, sometimes our gifted students in this academy can sometim

is and then replied Slowly. "Charlie sits with me a

egular class still pl

gry at realizing my son

laydates," I promised, holding

udrey. "Mrs. Shaw, do you have any questions a

ion towards her which showed that she wasn't even paying

ected her as I added. "Eve

n the both of us, clearly seeing that there was

ents should be very pro

re waiting in the hallway, as Audrey immediately moved to

ting with the teacher "Are you still g

oving his eyes from her face. "Charl

ser as he was standing besid

looking up at me with

y turned to us, her expression swit

get settled in town," she said soun

t was final from the way she stated it and

d trying to remind her

y reluctantly agreed to. Every week, she eats pizza

t me," she said, dismissively

urt by those words be

act like he wasn't the bad guy here but i could

ey was blind to bec

t to interrupt a

he continued speaking. "They do this every week af

to not be affected, at least for

then later you two can do your family pizza tra

Ollie. He can

lie." She said as Ollie looked

ld have a good

already leaving with David and Charlie

ed them lea

appier wi

h them before you are left behind. I'll see you at home."