I could not believe what I was hearing!
My son’s date paused, and I could hear her gathering herself.
“Nathan, a quiet senior, just startedsitting next to my brother at lunch. Every day. With a math book. He never asked for money and never told anyone. But, of course, Ethan told us everything when his grades started going up. My parents tried to thank Nathan, but he just shrugged and said Ethan was a good kid.”
My eyes were already filling. I pressed my hand to my mouth.
“He never told me,” I whispered.
“I figured that from how you reacted when I came to pick him up. Nathan tutored Ethan every day for almost a year and wouldn’t even let my mom thank him properly.”
Tears slid down my face before I could stop them.
“Ethan made the honor roll last spring, Miss Walker. He’s a different kid now. And the whole time throughout those two years, I’d see Nathan in the cafeteria, eating by himself. It broke my heart knowing what he’ddone for my family. Knowing nobody at our school had any idea.”
