#Chapter 169: Rotten Tomatoes

Iris “And this is where I sit during reading time!” Miles shouts as he pulls Arthur and me toward a corner of the classroom filled with bean bags and pillows. “Miss Thompson lets me pick any book I want from the special shelf because I’m one of the best readers in class.” “Is that so?” Arthur asks with a grin. He glances at me with a sparkle in those green eyes, and I can’t help but return his smile. The classroom itself is everything I hoped it would be when we enrolled Miles at Wellington Academy. The walls are covered with the children’s artwork, the reading corner is stocked with books of varying difficulty levels, and there’s even a science station set up by the windows where small plants are growing in little jars. Miles’ teacher, Miss Thompson, is a woman in her early thirties with curly red hair and a warm smile. Today is our first parent-teacher day of the year, and Arthur and I couldn’t be more excited. Miles is certainly excited to show off his classr