suddenly all the rage comes pouring out.
as he takes a long look at the photograph, then turns to his son.
inadvertently glancing at the teacher's stomach, nothing shows.
he holds his son tightly while the doctor stitches up the boy's wound. from this camera angle we can see ted's face, but only the back of billy's head. although we do not see the stitches being made, we do see the doctor's hand, with the needle and surgical thread as it moves into and out of view with a slow, steady rhythm. billy's hand clutches ted's so tightly that the knuckles are white.
hold on him listening as it slowly dawns on him that he is being fired.
leaning forward, impatient.
horrified.
he stops what he is doing, turns to her.
his face a mask of cold anger. she crosses to him.
as his last hope goes crashing to the ground.