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Are you angry miss Martin? Amy was tugging at her jeans, looking like she was about to burst into tears. Most of the other children had also stopped with whatever they were doing and were now staring at her with big, watery eyes. The only one who didn’t seem to be startled at all by her outburst was James, who was sitting quietly at his desk, looking straight at the blackboard. Oh no sweety, I’m not mad at all, I’m sorry if I scared you. Thankfully that seemed to satisfy most of them. And whilst they continued playing, Anne decided that it was time to have another little chat with the boy…