But the heaviness of the board meeting still clouded my mind. I paced across the living room, steeling my resolve. It was time to consider my options—I needed to act, and legal action flickered in my thoughts.
“You need to be careful,” a voice chimed in, pulling me from my spiraling thoughts. It was Mark, a fellow officer, who had stopped by to check on me. “Going after them could backfire, especially on Liora.”
“I can’t just sit back and allow them to hurt her,” I shot back, my heart pounding. “She deserves better.”
“Yeah, but the school holds all the cards. If you push too hard, they could ruin her reputation, and you might lose everything.”
The weight of his warning sat like a stone in my gut. What if my fight for justice turned into a fight for her very future? I looked at Liora, drawing flowers with such hope, and my determination hardened. I wouldn’t let them take that away from her.
