LEXI
The principal’s voice softened at my plea. “That’s precisely why you’re getting another chance,” she said. “Because you’ve been doing better… academically, at least.”
Relief washed over me as I stared at her. She reached across her desk, pulled a thick file from the stack, and opened it.
She laid it down in front of Mrs. Lane. “These past weeks have shown much improvement,” she continued, tapping her pen against the file. And Mrs. Lane’s face broke into a smile as she glanced at me, her eyes bright with pride, before she looked back down at the file.
That smile pierced my chest, warming me in a way that made my tears threaten to return, only this time for a different reason.
“And because of these results,” the principal said firmly, “You will not be expelled.”
Relief flooded m
