Gianna.
“Your sister? Your parents never mentioned her” the dean said
His tone was polite, but his eyebrows knitted together slightly, suspicion creeping into his expression. He leaned back in his chair, fingers folding together like this was a puzzle he hadn’t been warned about. My stomach tightened instantly. That sentence alone felt like a door slamming somewhere deep in my chest.
“It’s complicated,what was she here for?”
The words left my mouth quicker than my thoughts could catch up. I stood straighter, chin lifting in a way that felt defensive, like if I didn’t hold myself together physically, I’d unravel right there in front of him.
“She transferred here”
Transferred.
The room tilted. Just slightly. Enough to make me dig my nails into my palm. So she hadn’t just passed throug
