The road to this school was quite long and as we pulled up to the school I couldn’t see too much but the front gates. There was a small discreet sign on the front gate that said ‘Summerland Academy’.
The gate opened as we approached, and as we entered they closed behind us. A large, rough looking man came over from a small booth beside the road and asked daddy his name. Daddy told the guard who we were, and the guard pointed us up to the main entrance. We drove up the long road, and parked right up in front. The school was very beautiful, and rather out of place for being in the middle of the countryside. The wall were made of stone, and it almost reminded me of a castle I had seen in a book when I was a child. I slid out of the truck, carefully trying not to expose myself, and walked towards the door with daddy.
Daddy knocked on the large wooden door, and a moment later a man opened it and told us to come inside. The man was tall, at least a foot taller than me, and also looked a bit rough; a lot like the guard down by the gate. He led us through a large main room and into an empty office.
The office was fairly simple, with a large desk. Two chairs, one on either side of the desk, a window, some sort of cabinet and another door. The man pointed over towards the corner where I noticed a roughly 2 feet by two feet square marked off on the floor. He instructed me to stand in that square, and not move. I did as he said, and he then had my daddy sit down in the chair. I stood there, and daddy smiled over at me. Just then, a larger more handsome man walked into the room. He sat down at the business side of the desk, smiled first at me, then at daddy and began to speak.
“Hello, my name is Mr. Wherley and I am the headmaster here at Summerland Academy.” He looked towards daddy, “You must be Mr. Addams.” Daddy nodded and reached to shake Mr. Wherley’s hand. They shook and Mr. Wherley looked towards me. He first looked me up and down almost as if inspecting my appearance, and then said, “You must be Sarah.”
“Yes, Mr. Wherley,” I said with a hesitant smile.
“While you are here with us you will address me as either Sir, or Headmaster, and nothing else. Do you understand that Sarah?”
“Yes, Sir,” I replied.
“Good.” The Headmaster opened up a small file on his desk and seemed to be reading from it. “I see that you have not yet seen the school doctor. We will go and take care of that now.” He stood up and walked towards the door motioning for us to follow him. Daddy got up, and I followed them both down one of the big halls. We got to the end of the hall and Mr. Wherley opened the door to an examining room and we all went inside.
“The doctor will be here in just a moment,” Mr. Wherley said. “Sarah, remove your clothes and lay down on the table.”
I could feel the blood rush from my face, and my head get slightly dizzy. Did he expect me to just take off my clothes right here?
“NOW!” He barked.
I looked towards daddy and he gave me a look I knew meant to comply. I slowly unbuttoned my blouse, folded it in front of me and laid it on the counter. I then reached back behind myself and unzipped the small zipper on the back of my skirt and let it fall to the floor. I bent over to pick it up and folded it and set it with my blouse. I was now completely naked, and quite embarrassed. I did all I could to not make eye contact with the headmaster. I quickly slid up on the table and tried to cover myself a bit with my hands.
