Love and the shadows of legacy
Gabrielle stood silently, shyly playing with her fingers and just wishing she could disappear.
Finally, Headmaster Hawthorn held up a hand. "Miss Depora, please. Miss Parks, is this something you want also?" He looked at her, his expression unreadable. "Are you comfortable with a recount?"
The question hung in the air. Comfortable? No. Humiliated and undermined, definitely. Gabrielle glanced at Evelyn, then she swallowed hard, she nodded while looking at the floor, not wanting to look at the faces of all the people looking down on her humble background. "It is fine with me, Sir. I am fine with a recount," she answered, her voice barely above a whisper.
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