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"What’s wrong with teaching school?" I ask, just as I had when Chris Merit had thrown the sa"

I wait for him to continue and he doesn’t He just stares at me with keen observation that ," I state

He arches a skeptical brow at me in reply

"I do," I insist, but quickly, reluctantly add, "But no, it’s not my true passion"

His reply isn’t instant He lets ain," he finally repeats "Why are you teaching school?"

For a ned for avoidance and decide he won’t let that slide My chest tightens as I ad that I keep bottled up where I don’t have to deal with it So hi Maybe I need to say it out loud once and for all I feel so da It should be fulfilling "Because," I say in a voice that to htly, "a love of art doesn’t pay the bills"

If he notices my discomfort, he doesn’t show it His expression is is my curiosity back to e’ve already covered Why not ask age you will be paid?"

"I have enough of an idea of the going rate to knohy this has to be a summer job that I don’t do this full time" A pinch of irritation and defensiveness sneaks up on et the opportunity"

He laughs and it surpriseselse he has done thus far "I suppose I did" He turns so and so intently that I feel like I’? What is he about to say? I aed and I know it I tell h for his opinion to matter, but like his approval, it does He is of the world where I so yearn to belong

"Perhaps," he says, "I didn’t want to give you the chance to decline"

"I can certainly see you as ayourself," I say before I can stiflehis clean-shaven jaw "You don’t pull any punches, do you?"

I shake eous, handsome smile that could melt chocolate "Let’s see how true that is Your top three Italian artists are who, immediately alert My answer is io Pino Daeni for his soft romantic characters Contemporary Italian Master artist, Francesco Clearde artists today"