Broken Wings 02 Midnight Flight Read Online Free Page A

good to me, as well as my
deep desire to help young women in desperate need,
to help them find what is spiritually good in them." "Oh, brother." Teal muttered. "We're in a
nunnery."
Dr Foreman's rottweilers moved restlessly. She
glanced at them and turned back to us.
"To continue"-- Dr. Foreman glared at Teal--
"at my school you will not find a staff of teachers to
coddle and prod you into doing your homework,
studying properly, and achieving. I will assign you all
your work and you will have to master it all
yourselves."
"Huh?" Robin said. "Did you say ourselves?" "What are we going to study, basket weaving?"
Teal asked with a crooked smile,
You will be studying regular academic subjects,
of course. We want you to qualify- for high school
graduation, to be able to pass exams, even be good
enough to be admitted to institutions of higher
learning, but you will be in a different sort of
classroom. Life itself, you will see, will become the chief subject. You're all failing at that right now, and for now, that is far more important a subject than
anything else."
"I don't get it. How are we supposed to learn
anything without a teacher?" Robin asked. "It was
hard enough to learn with one."
"Oh, you'll be surprised at what you can
accomplish when you are left to your own initiative,
Robin Lyn. Of course, you will all help each other.
Cooperation in that regard is very important. I will
want you all to fully understand how important it is to
get along with each other, with others of different
backgrounds. Out there, that's what you must do to be
a contributing member of society.
"But, self-reliance is essential. too. We can
cooperate with each other, but we can't become totally
dependent upon others or we become a burden, don't
we? That is truly what the three of you are right now,
a burden. You'll either be cast off or you'll learn to
walk an your own. Sink or swim." she said, her face
now turning cool. When she called for it, that iciness
seemed to emerge from within her, rise to the surface
of her face, penetrate her eyes, tighten her lips, and
make her look taller. More intimidating.
I glanced again at the other two Despite the brave fronts they were putting on. I sensed they were just as anxious about all this as I was. I noticed as well that the three young women behind Dr. Foreman had grown still again. had barely moved a muscle since she had looked at them. How could they be so
disciplined? They were three statues.
How much longer would we be kept here? I
wondered. It was dank and musty, the air so stale my
throat ached. Why did we have to begin in such a
place anyway? The stool was uncomfortable. The
lighting was dull. What was the point of having us sit
at old grade-school desks? I was still tired and achy
from my unpleasant trip. I couldn't wait to go to sleep
in a bed and I had to go to the bathroom. but I was
afraid to mention it yet. I didn't want to be the first
one.
"To be sure you are making the right amount of
effort at your schoolwork, you will be tested from
time to time on your academic subjects, and if you
don't pass, you will be given demerits," Dr. Foreman
explained.
"Demerits?" Teal said. smirking. "What does
that mean, we won't get our Girl Scout patches and
medals?'
"No, my dear," Dr. Foreman responded. "Nothing that important. You are all as of now under my merit system. Since you have all been brought here as a last resort because of your antisocial behavior, you will all be beginning with a minus ten and have to work your way back up to zero before you
can even hope to achieve rights and privileges." That did sound threatening.
"What rights and privileges?" I asked. "Well, for one thing, you will have to wear
what you're wearing until you achieve the points to
wear my school uniforms."
"What are we wearing? This is disgusting,"
Teal complained. "Not only are these... these rags
irritating my skin, they smell, and why do we have to
wear diapers. for Christ sakes? I want my clothes
back."
"Yes. I'm sorry