Eastshore University held its internal hearing into Pierce two months later.
Several parents who had jeered during the livestream sat in the last row.
When I entered, they all lowered their heads and pretended to study their papers.
Pierce sat across the room. Two phones, a ring of office keys, and the duty roster from that day lay on the table before him.
The two guards who had helped him keep the paramedics out wore plain suits instead of their uniforms.
Lily did not attend. She submitted a written statement through her lawyer and stayed in Bellmont to finish her work.
I took her place in the hearing room and watched the investigator play the building-access footage from that day.
The video showed Pierce personally using his card to lock Lily in the storage room. It also showed hi
