Radiane is breathless and pale outside the headmaster’s door when they emerge.<\/p>\n
“Ah, Miss Theodorakis,” he says. “Did you need something?”<\/p>\n
She hands him a note.<\/p>\n
“Withdrawn?” says the headmaster. “Hold on here, Mrs. Macnair.”<\/p>\n
“What?” says Proserpina’s mother.<\/p>\n
“It’s notarized,” says Radiane, her eyes never leaving Proserpina’s face. You have betrayed me, they say. I can’t do this alone. I took everything you gave me and it isn’t enough and I’ll kill you, don’t go–<\/p>\n
Proserpina’s eyes are silent.<\/p>\n
“Your daughter,” says the headmaster, “is being removed from this school.”<\/p>\n
“By whom!”<\/p>\n
“My husband,” says Proserpina, quietly and at last.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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