"No, they won't!" Renee cried.

Renee hurriedly interrupted Joanne's self-denial.

She held Joanne's shoulders and began to encourage the latter.

"You have no idea how great you were! You were the most popular Cienna teacher in Lone Pine Elementary.

You even helped your student to win an essay competition.

You had talent in teaching.

But you've had a bumpy life, and you didn't get the chance to refine your resume.

"But don't worry! There are many ways to improve yourself.

For example, you can take up college self-study classes and sign up for a foreign language course.

You can try getting some technical qualifications.

I'm sure it won't be hard for you, given your talent." Previously, Quinton had occasionally mentioned that Joanne was good at her studies.

at the top of her class

could go

her fate was full

father, a timid mother, and

from going to school, wanting her to marry the son of a small shop owner in the neighboring village

the college entrance

escaped that house with Joanne because

Joanne lost the chance to sit for

Quinton and tried to earn their living

never returned

words, Joanne was a lily

was pure but

to college was

eyes brightened; though in disbelief, she asked Renee warily, ''Really? I'm

in your seventies or eighties,

Joanne's biggest regret was not

a college student's life,

path she had imagined so often, she would find her

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