“I’ll be there so you can be assured your rights as a student will be upheld during the trial,” Yana told me. We were out of Evelyn’s office and the first I had in mind was to clear things out with her.
“Yana, wait.” I caught her hand just before she stepped away. “I get it if you’re mad. I know I did things in secret but I swear, I don’t know anything about the leaked test questions. I can explain everything else you’ve heard but not that.”
I was waiting for a reaction but she looked like she was lost in thought. “Yana?” I gave her hand a squeeze. Please, look at me.
Finally, her eyes met mine, looking steely however, and occupied. “Save it, Rin. For now, just let me do my job first.” She had that focused expression on her face; the same look whenever she was studying for an exam, or whenever she was working on a problem set in Math. “See you on Saturday,” she said to me, and with a swift movement, left me behind.
