“How did it go with Mrs. Dawson? Lilith asked, as we gathered under the sycamore tree. “Did she give you detention or something?”
I lowered my head and stuck out my lip, shaking my head. “She has decided to punish me differently.”
“What exactly did she ask you to do, Ayame?” Ana asked in an anxious voice as she clinched my hand. “Don’t tell me she is planning to fail you.”
“Mrs. Dawson is a decent person. She won’t ruin a student’s future over a trivial matter.” Rick interrupted, earning him a smack from Lilith. “Stop supporting her in front of Ayame. Whose friend are you, Mrs Dawson’s?”
Seeing the situation escalate, I decided to stop teasing them. “Rick is right. Mrs. Dawson is a pretty decent person. She hadn’t called me to talk about the scandal. She wanted to talk to me about t
