I clenched my fists and couldn't help but shout, "Don't drag innocent people into our business!"
She looked indifferent, picking her ear, "This is a scheme. Besides, wasn't it you who taught me to climb the ladder by any means necessary?"
"Do you dare say you have no connection with the principal? Now, kneel down and apologize to me. You just scared me."
My lip bled from being bitten, the taste of metal filling my mouth. But thinking of the child's terrified expression, I felt a thousand pounds weighing on my shoulders, bending my legs like steel bars.
The moment my knees touched the ground, the humiliation made my teeth chatter, "I'm sorry..."
Michele laughed heartily, "I never said I'd let her go just because you did that. Besides, I was helping you train her. I was doing it for her own good."
I looked up sharply, but I couldn't see her face clearly. I stood up, staggered and rushed out the door, bumping into Caleb who was returning. He instinctively reached out to help me, but I dodged him.
He immediately gritted his teeth, "You're something else!"
I strode forward, ignoring his pleas.