“Do you know why you are all here?”
I shook my head then realised that everyone around me was nodding. It was the following morning, all the girls going on the trip had been assembled to headmistress Eliza’s private quarters for a briefing. We had expected the standard ‘don’t disgrace our school’ and ‘be good representative’s’ lecture but it seemed we were in for a lot more than bargained.
“If I’ve already spoken to you in private excuse yourself.” She said from her large sofa and half- no all of the room slowly evacuated leaving me standing alone, feeling suddenly very exposed. Why was I the only one that hadn’t gotten a private briefing?
“You shouldn’t be here Laurel.” She sighed standing up and walking over to her window. “I meticulously planned everything to make sure you weren’t
