libby was never an advocate for doing someone else’s work. but it made her money for Ginny’s schooling one day. so she wasn’t going to complain. and besides, most of her regulars were all really great people. they didn’t deserve to get kicked out. especially not because of some homework that with practice, they didn’t even really have time to do. at three bucks a page, it was fine for libby.
one such client, Zander, was actually here to study today. he’d called asking if she was free, and with his basketball schecdule he’d agreed they could meet new year’s eve. they’d review what he’d missed from her doing his assignments during the semester. that way going into the next one, he might have a chance to learn. she’d jumped at the chance. was it really cheating if he eventually learned? no! it was making it workable with his schedule.
“so anyways, trig’s not really as hard as you think. you just need to take it one step at a time, get it?”
for the new semester, zander wanted to try to do all his assignments himself. that’s why he had tried to schedule a review session with libby during the break, but as he sat there with a seemingly never-ending pile of math papers in front of him, he was starting to regret his decision. it was the last day of the year, and he was spending a good portion of it doing schoolwork.
“ uhh, yeah, ” he responded, hoping that was the answer she needed, even though he had zoned out for a bit. he willed himself to focus. although he was paying, he didn’t want to waste her time. “ could you show me how you got this answer? ” he asked, pointing to one of the problems on the sheet. it had seemed simple enough, but the answer on his own paper didn’t match hers.
