"You must learn to be content with what you have, Lopez," he said. "This is the only thing this good-for-nothing old man can teach you."
This was the final conversation between teacher and student.
The door closed.
After a long, long time, the lesson plan was finally revised again.
The old man put down his pen. Recalling the resentful look on the student's face before he left, he couldn't help but lean back in his chair and sigh with exhaustion.
