Arit waited for a few more seconds to make sure that Maria was not keeping anything else from her for cinematic effect before she thanked her and turned to leave. Arit did not have enough information to come to a concrete conclusion, but from what she just heard, she knew that there was definitely a connection between what happened in that meeting and what Esmeralda said yesterday.
If they had a meeting to try and expel Mark, then it was obvious that the meeting did not go Linda's way since Mark was still in this school. But if Linda was meeting with Esmeralda, then does that mean she was not giving up yet?
Was she trying to use Esmeralda to try and get rid of Mark for some reason?
Arit stopped walking as she reached the door and turned to Maria.
"Is there any rumor that has been going around the school recently?"
Maria's eyes widened as she heard this and she scratched her cheek timidly while looking away from Arit.
"Eh? Well…"
