(Clara)
I stared at Professor Hart for several seconds because out of every question he could have asked, that was not the one I expected.
Was I angry with him?
The answer should have been simple.
Instead, I found myself becoming even more irritated because the truth was complicated.
Very complicated.
“I don’t think that’s any of your business,” I replied as I shoved the last of my papers into my bag.
His expression didn’t change.
That somehow annoyed me more.
Professor Hart always looked composed, controlled, and completely unaffected by everything around him while the rest of us suffered through emotions like normal people.
It was incredibly unfair.
“That wasn’t an answer,” he stated.
I laughed.
Not because anything was funny.
Because I genuinely couldn’t believe we were ha
