invited to lunch.
I remembered how happy he’d looked.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” I asked gently.
He twisted the strap of his backpack.
“Because I like school.” Schoolsupplies
“We know, sweetheart.”
“You said if school was too hard, I could come home.”
Then I understood.
Before his first day, I’d promised that if he felt overwhelmed, we could return to homeschooling.
I’d meant to reassure him.
But Ethan had interpreted those words differently.
He thought telling us about the teasing might mean losing the school he loved. Schoolsupplies
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