Gabriella’s P.O.V

I don’t know how everything spiraled so quickly. One second, I was standing there, trying to explain, trying to fix things, and the next… it all just exploded in my face. I could feel the eyes on me, Madam Synclair and Nathan … and worst of all, my father. His silence was louder than any scream. I stepped forward, heart pounding, and tried to hold myself together.

“I didn’t do anything wrong,” I started, my voice trembling but still holding on to ...