The email hit Ivy's inbox on a Tuesday morning, subject line flat and clinical: Regarding your enrollment in ENGL 214.
She read it twice standing in the hallway outside her lecture hall, backpack still on one shoulder, coffee going cold in her other hand.
Dear Ms. Bennett, this is to inform you that a concern has been raised regarding academic integrity in your submitted essay for Unit 3. Please schedule a meeting with the department chair at your earliest convenience.
Her stomach dropped.
"What?" Priya's voice cut in. Ivy hadn't even noticed her walk up. "You've gone completely white. What happened?"
Ivy turned her phone toward her, hands not quite steady. "Someone's saying I cheated on my last essay."
"That's insane. You wrote that thing in the library until two in the morning, I w
