Chapter Six
The staff of Global Learning Preparatory Academy was in a tizzy when Esme returned thirty minutes later. Outside the building, she’d seen another car with orange, red, and blue flags parked at the front of the school in the school bus zone. Apparently, diplomatic immunity extended to the Kiss and Ride lane.
Esme wondered if Leo was here. But he’d said he and the pinched-face Giles were joining the king at the United Nations Headquarters. This had to be the ride of the princess and the king’s younger brother, the prince.
Esme made her way down to her room as the mostly female teachers and staff whispered in each other’s ears and giggled behind their hands like middle schoolers. Esme didn’t catch sight of the prince. Her mind was elsewhere.
Just this morning, Esme had been ex
