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"I'm not disobeying." Or she hadn't been. She was about to now. Ruby snapped the chalk in half and tossed it on the ground. Stamped on both pieces until they were crushed into chalk dust, and then covered her face and burst into tears. She hated this school. Hated it!
"You can add another couple of weeks to that Miss Banner." Sophia did NOT tolerate temper tantrums. She gave the girl a bit of time to cry, all the while with her arms crossed and the frown still in place.
"When you pull yourself together, you will explain yourself. You are a big girl Miss Banner, not a baby." Only babies cry when they were sad and that was because they can't talk. She produced another chair, similar to her own, then reclaimed her own seat and waited.