Minutes later, I am still trying to gather myself when a female student hurries up to me with a sympathetic look.

She shakes her head as she delivers the news. "The disciplinary committee wants to see you right now."

I know the disciplinary committee is a den of thieves and corrupt men, but I cannot deny that I have really crossed the line this time.

If anything, I should have stopped Nolan before the whole matter escalated. If only I had blocked his path or done something, he ...