The headmaster's urging resulted in two teachers coming out to share their testimonies. Yet, while significant in its own right, it was the silence that followed Celeste's confession that ended up taking the spotlight.
A silence that only made it clear how, besides the two that already spoke, not a single soul had anything good to say about Theo.
On the flip side, it also meant that none of all the gathered teachers had anything bad to say about Theo in particular… That, or all those who did simply opted out of speaking up when the headmaster so clearly made his favorites known.
'In a way, this whole matter is decided already. At most, no one dares to spell it out for everyone.'
At this point, Theo should be feeling relief.
Even as the silence stretched out to, once again, uncomfortable levels, by all means, this whole farce was as good as over. And yet…
'I was going to resolve it anyway, but now I'm going to be indebted to that… guy?'
