“I have an assignment for you.” Roy sat Anya down at her desk, placing a pen in her hand and a stack of paper in front of her. “This will be the last part of your lesson today.”
Anya stared down at her paper, hesitant to even write her name. She ran her thumb down the side of her pen and nodded slowly.
“I want you to write a little something about your family.” Roy bent down to meet her at eye level. “Can you do that for me?”