Standing before Principal Jackson’s office, Bella's nerves were stretched to their breaking point. She had no idea why she had been summoned, but the certainty that she had erred loomed large. Of all her misdeeds over the past few months, she could count at least forty—too many to pinpoint the specific transgression that warranted this call.
As she stepped inside, Jackson's hawk-like gaze trapped her, and his first utterance clarified everything.
"Bella, you've done quite a bit for that promising apprentice," he stated.
With those words, Bella realized the topic of discussion: her cheating for Adam. She had no defense, but how had he found out?
She hadn’t voiced the question, yet Jackson read her like a book. He understood Bella, and this transgression elicited a rare fury from him.
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