Chapter 157

“I’m sorry, Miss Adams, but I really can’t do anything. The pressure from the board members is too much for me to even try to convince them otherwise,” the principal said, looking distressed, more miserable than Angelina herself, whom he had just fired for negligence.

“Besides,” he continued, sighing deeply, “there’s no point in making your case. They have made up their minds, and nothing you or I do will change that. Trust me, I have already tried.”

Angie sagged back in her chair, scowling at the desk. “Did you tell them what actually happened?”

“I did,” the man said, not hiding his sympathy for her. He was a good man, after all. That much she knew. She couldn’t even blame him or throw a fit at him; she knew he must have tried his hardest to make them understand. “But they are not ready to listen. To be honest, I know they are under terrible pressure too.”

That made Angie frown. “Who can pressure the board members? And all of them, at that?” It sounded like a terrible joke, but seeing