The sharp graphite of the pencil poked Arnie’s tongue, exactly what he wanted it to do. He gnawed on pencils in his office, eraser side out, every time he wanted a cigarette, and right now he wanted two.
His phone hadn’t stopped ringing and he had seventeen unread emails in the last two minutes.
Clavington High School, of which Arnie was interim principa…
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