Phoebe's parents were nudging her, asking her to hurry up.
Seeing that Poppy had already gone down on her knees, Phoebe grit her teeth, shut her eyes, and dropped too. Desperate not to lose her allowance, she started banging her head on the ground. "Eleanor! I was wrong, seriously. I was just jealous of how amazing you were, that's why I kept messing with you."
"I thought... just because my family had some money, I could look down on you. I figured even if I bullied you, it didn't matter—you couldn't fight back anyway. I get it now, okay? Please, forgive me—I'm begging you! I'm sorry!"
And then it was just one thud after another as the girls all followed suit, kneeling and apologizing just like Poppy.
The same girls who had been all aggressive with Eleanor earlier that mornin
