by Anne Fine
‘Well, then. Goodbye,’ she said, as if she were leaving a party. ‘Thank you very much for having me. I hope I haven’t been too much trouble.’
Mr Fairway came round the desk. Blinking his tears away, he gave her a giant hug.
‘Trouble?’ he said. ‘Nonsense! Listen, Celeste. Wherever you go, I want you to tell them that we thought you were a real angel. And in the few weeks we were lucky enough to have you at Nitshill Road School, you have worked wonders.’
She hugged him back. Then she hugged everyone else. On her way to the door, she dropped the gold pen on to Barry Hunter’s desk, and whispered, so that only he could hear, ‘This is for you. To help you make some friends and start fresh over.’
She stood there, waiting, till he smiled at her.
Then she was off.
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