The school gates loomed ahead, and I turned to Lexi. “Have you got your gloves, sweetie? And your mask?” She nodded. “Good. Now put them on and don’t take them off, you hear me?”
She nodded again.
“I mean it, Lexi. Don’t take them off, touch no one and if anyone looks sick, stay the hell away from them. Got it?” I said this every morning when I dropped her off even though I knew she was tired of hearing it.
“I got it; I got it,” she groaned. “Why do I have to go in the first place? Everybody else gets to stay at home.” That bottom lip stuck out again in a full-blown pout.
She was right. Most of the other kids had already been pulled from school by their parents, and half the teachers didn’t show up either.
“I’ll speak to dad again tonight, okay?” I pulled up in front of the gates and looked around. “Where is everybody?”
The road was deserted. Even considering the drastically reduced number of students who attended, there should still be people around. I looked at my watch and groaned. “Damn, we’re late. Hurry up, Lexi. You need to go.”
“Ava, look. The gates are closed.”
And sure enough, they were. A lone piece of paper, stuck to the front, fluttered in the wind. “Lexi, stay here.”
I got out of the car and crunched across the gravel. The paper was a sign, scrawled and taped to the gates. It read: ‘As per order of the provincial government, all schools are closed until further notice.’
When did that happen? Why didn’t they call me? Or Dad? Or even announce it on the radio?
“Useless bloody government, wasting my petrol and my time,” I muttered, kicking the gate. I walked back to the car still grumbling and slid in behind the wheel. “Wish granted. School’s closed.”
“Really?” Lexi’s eyes widened with surprise. “So what now?”
“Well, I can’t take you home. I’m already late. Guess you’re coming to work with me.”
“Yay!”
On the way, my mind kept looping around in endless circles. Something wasn’t right. First, our phones didn’t work, and now the schools were closed? I mean, I knew things were wrong, but this was sudden.
I never got to finish that train of thought, because I drove around a corner and almost plowed into a mob of people gathered in the road, shouting and screaming. They were carrying an assortment of signs and boards, their faces contorted in anger.
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