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either.
    â€œYeah. Right. We’ll think of something.”
    â€œI’ll meet you down at the Center after class, okay?” Rachel asked.
    â€œSure. I’ll talk to you later.”
    Rachel hung up the phone and sank against the pillows like a lead weight. Her body felt too heavy to move. What about her students? They would have nowhere to go to study. Most of them were getting ready to apply for citizenship and desperately needed the practice. Not to mention the neighborhood kids who depended on the Center as a place to get away from their family problems. The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. It took pure willpower to get herself out of bed and into the shower. She still had a job at the university, and she couldn’t afford to louse it up.
    All the way to the university her mind pondered the situation, but there still seemed no way out. By the time she reached the campus, tears had formed. She pushed them back and took a deep breath. This was no time to get emotional. She had a class to teach.
    Rachel took the long way to her class, hoping to avoid Dr. Harris’s office. It was going to be hard enough to hide this from her students. She just couldn’t face him today as well. She was so engrossed in her thoughts that she wasn’t paying attention to where she was going. The impact brought her mind to the present, as a strong arm caught and pulled her close. She was standing nose to nose with Randy Harris. It was several moments before she could catch her breath.
    â€œWe meet again,” Randy said. He seemed a bit out of breath.
    â€œOh.” Rachel couldn’t think of anything to say, so she stood there with her mouth half open, willing her brain to work.
    â€œAre you all right?” Randy’s brow wrinkled as if in concern. “Come into my office and sit down for a few minutes.”
    Despite her protests, he propelled her toward his office, one arm still tight around her waist. Closing the door behind them, he pushed her into his chair and pulled up another for himself. With one hand on either arm of the chair, he looked closely at her. She lowered her eyes and tried to avoid his gaze, but he wasn’t giving up.
    â€œWhat’s the matter, Rachel?” He put a finger under her chin and lifted her face to his.
    â€œNothing. It just scared me a little when I bumped into you. I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going. I’ll be fine,” she assured him.
    â€œI don’t think so. What’s really bothering you?” He stared at her with such concern in his eyes that her resolve melted and the tears that had been so close to the surface all morning finally made their way down her cheeks. “Hey, hey. It’s okay.” He pulled her over to the loveseat against the wall and stroked her hair. She laid her head on his shoulder and cried until her body shook with sobs. He just held her, stroking her hair and whispering comforting words. After a few minutes, the tears stopped and she jumped and looked at his watch.
    â€œWhat time is it?” she cried.
    â€œEight o’clock. Why?”
    â€œI have class. I have to go or I’ll be late.” She started to get up, but he held her firmly in place.
    â€œI don’t think so.”
    â€œI don’t have any choice.” She tugged at his arm even though, inside, the last thing she wanted to do right now was teach a class. “Let me go. I have to get to class.”
    â€œNot today. You need a break, especially after yesterday. I’ll call the office and tell them to send someone to notify the class.” She spouted incoherent protests, but he ignored her. One arm securing her to his side, he used his free arm to dial the office.
    â€œWhy did you do that?”
    â€œYou need a break. You won’t be any good to the students like this. They’ll enjoy the vacation. Besides, it’s not like you take off every week. As far as I know, this