Antoinette's PoV:
The rest of the meeting was... tense, to say the least. Elena, who had looked like she'd rather be anywhere else from the beginning, was more than happy to go look for Phillip, and Eric was soon questioning me on what exactly had happened.
I gave a shaky response -- what else could I have done? -- and lied. I told Eric that I didn't know Phillip, but that it was possible he had been around when I had introduced myself to others, and that was where the confusion was. Eric believed me -- he didn't seem to think I was capable of lying -- but I saw Will giving me a strange look as I spoke. He didn't say anything, though, so I had to feel grateful.
I left as soon as I could and went to sit in my room. Will offered to escort me back but I told him he needed to get ready to
