Chapter Fifteen
‘One Last Call’
When Harper slouched into her Monday morning registration class after a mournful weekend lamenting her dismal display at the science exhibition, she wished the day was over already.
As she waited for an unusually late Miss. Turncroft to take to her desk for the morning register, Harper turned her attention from the empty space at the front of the class, to the empty space out the window.
The clear blue sky had turned a distraught grey, whilst a giant monstrosity of a cloud rolled its way across the barren landscape, laden with heavy water ready for dumping on the unfortunate students doing star jumps on the athletics track below.
Could be worse, Harper thought after assessing their plight before deciding that, …show more content…
Harper paused for a while after knocking before putting her ear to the door.
It didn’t seem like anyone was home.
Harper’s heart started to race. She hadn’t considered that the Director might not be in residence that morning. If he wasn’t at Winters Hall, how would Harper get her hologram?
As Saskia hurried down the corridor, Harper tried pushing at the door to no avail. It was sealed shut and there was no point trying anything else because the door to the Director’s office was powered by a hand sensor. Harper had only ever seen Matron, the Director and the housekeeper activate the hand sensor to his office before.
Matron.
Harper switched her attention to the office next door as she took a few sidesteps and arrived outside Matron’s office. Harper always thought it was odd that the Director’s office had a hand activated sensor whilst Matron’s still had the original lock and key from when the house was built. Harper banged on Matron’s door just as Saskia caught up with …show more content…
Her butterflies hit the floor of Harper’s stomach like lead when a heavy hand on her shoulder wrenched her round and snapped her out of her focus. Harper was confused and disoriented for several seconds before her eyes were able to process the sight of the CORPORATION man in the dark suit who had been staring at her earlier.
His lips were moving angrily, but Harper couldn’t get her ears to hear what he was saying – they were too busy trying to listen for the sound of her mother’s voice in the speaker.
Suddenly, Harper’s senses relayed what was happening all at the same time and she heard the next word the angry man spoke with absolute clarity as he violently shook her
‘One Last Call’
When Harper slouched into her Monday morning registration class after a mournful weekend lamenting her dismal display at the science exhibition, she wished the day was over already.
As she waited for an unusually late Miss. Turncroft to take to her desk for the morning register, Harper turned her attention from the empty space at the front of the class, to the empty space out the window.
The clear blue sky had turned a distraught grey, whilst a giant monstrosity of a cloud rolled its way across the barren landscape, laden with heavy water ready for dumping on the unfortunate students doing star jumps on the athletics track below.
Could be worse, Harper thought after assessing their plight before deciding that, …show more content…
Harper paused for a while after knocking before putting her ear to the door.
It didn’t seem like anyone was home.
Harper’s heart started to race. She hadn’t considered that the Director might not be in residence that morning. If he wasn’t at Winters Hall, how would Harper get her hologram?
As Saskia hurried down the corridor, Harper tried pushing at the door to no avail. It was sealed shut and there was no point trying anything else because the door to the Director’s office was powered by a hand sensor. Harper had only ever seen Matron, the Director and the housekeeper activate the hand sensor to his office before.
Matron.
Harper switched her attention to the office next door as she took a few sidesteps and arrived outside Matron’s office. Harper always thought it was odd that the Director’s office had a hand activated sensor whilst Matron’s still had the original lock and key from when the house was built. Harper banged on Matron’s door just as Saskia caught up with …show more content…
Her butterflies hit the floor of Harper’s stomach like lead when a heavy hand on her shoulder wrenched her round and snapped her out of her focus. Harper was confused and disoriented for several seconds before her eyes were able to process the sight of the CORPORATION man in the dark suit who had been staring at her earlier.
His lips were moving angrily, but Harper couldn’t get her ears to hear what he was saying – they were too busy trying to listen for the sound of her mother’s voice in the speaker.
Suddenly, Harper’s senses relayed what was happening all at the same time and she heard the next word the angry man spoke with absolute clarity as he violently shook her