Sunday At St Katarina’s
Rowena turned 18 while she was at St Katarina’s and she intended to spend her first Sunday afternoon as an adult relaxing on her bed instead of doing healthy outdoor pursuits which the school rules said she should be doing. Sometimes staff patrolled the school seeking out students who were hiding indoors but Ro had decided to risk it. Because she was listening to her headphones, Ro did not know that she had company until she saw Sister Grace standing at the foot of her bed. Sister Grace was aged about 30 and taught English; she was known to be, “a bit distant but more or less OK”. Ro tore out her headphones and thought desperately for a defence even though there really wasn’t one. To Rowena’s surprise, Grace smiled. The teacher came and stood …