Chapter Fifteen
The New Name
I shivered. What had I done?
“Surely, that’s not necessary,” I said.
“I’m afraid it is, Sister…” the Prefect replied. “It will be duly noted how well you handled this situation. I probably don’t need to mention it would be in the best interest of the Mission to keep what has transpired today strictly confidential.”
“Of course,” I replied.
I felt terrible. Why didn’t I make more of an effort to be his friend at the Mission? Perhaps if I had reached out to him, he wouldn’t have felt so alone. Now his reputation was ruined and he’d been taken to a mental asylum. The Bishop put his hand on my shoulder. His serious demeanor completely changed.
“Now that all this unpleasantness is out of the way,” the Bishop said, “let me be the first to inform you that your
