Chapter 12

Ophelia

I walk into the counseling office and see a mid-aged woman with beautiful chestnut hair. She smiles at me and walks toward me. She puts her hand out to shake my hand. I get the feeling that she is going to be someone that I can talk to.

"You must be Ophelia. I'm Mrs. Adams, and I am your counselor." She smiles brightly.

"It's nice to meet you. Ms. Henson told me that you would be working with me on my plans." I smile as she leads me to her office.

We both take our seats after she closes the door. I look around her office and see that she has a neat and organized office. I notice that, unlike my last counselor's office, there are no motivational posters all over the wall. There are none of those little nicknacks that have words of wisdom on them.

"So I spoke with Ms. Henson and she let me know that your last school didn't seem to have a very good counseling program."

She says giving me a week smile.

"Yeah, they were more foc