ARIA'S POV
Mrs. Sarah's cadence bore an inflection of confusion and her words dripped slow and measured, as she spoke. "The two ideas are okay, ladies...I must confess, I'm confused about which one to pick." For a moment there, silence engulfed the room only with soft rustling of pages, for the very gravity of those words wafted in the air like a challenge. Fidelia and I shared a glance, eyes meeting really briefly in understanding, the tension between the two of us thick.
Mrs. Sarah took on a firmer aspect and spoke in an authoritative voice as she went on. "Okay, ladies...please, we will have a meeting tomorrow. Finalize everything there." A gentle dismissal, pretty much an indication that the meeting was over, and we were all free to leave. I nodded, half disheartened, half happy, an
