Let's be Together
She doesn’t hold back, and the whole time, Principal Henderson listens, her face like stone, giving nothing away.
When Millie finishes, we wait in suffocating silence for the principal’s response. The weight of it presses on me, and I brace myself for the worst.
“I had no idea there was an unofficial school group chat,” Principal Henderson remarks, almost to herself. She tilts her head slightly, and then, to our complete disbelief, she asks, “Have I been memed on there?”
The question is so absurd, so out of place in the seriousness of the moment, that a bubble of nervous laughter almost escapes me. Millie’s mouth twitches like she’s fighting a grin too. But this isn’t funny—not really.
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