Kestrel's POV
I flinch back, almost wanting to turn away, but Principal Morrison says it's okay and I should relax and not think of getting up. I tell him I don't want to. Miguel, my father's body guard, stands by his side always like a stone, and his actions tell me that he wouldn't mind breaking me to pieces if I dared make an inch.
Principal Morrison says there's been a very interesting development, enough to ignore the scandal I brought.
"What?" I turn and ask, ignoring my father's presence.
"You can study from home," he tells me. "You can be that ICT expert from home and have teachers lecture you freely at your convenient time. But for now, I would fulfill my obligation by letting you go see your mother."
Panic rises in my veins and I turn to my father. "What the hell happened to
