Perceptions and DeceptionsChapter 17
Gina stepped out into the hallway after delivering the absence note to the teacher. She moved towards Victor's office down a hall now empty save for Vice Principal Seeger. Her head swam in a sea frothed with her mother's directives and her feeble attempts to make sense of her own emotions as she passed under his wary eye unchallenged. As his footsteps retreated behind her, she wondered why for just a brief moment she had hoped he would stop her. Victor was waiting for her, standing in the...