Page 182 of Kai
“Now,” I say quietly. “Why is this man in your classroom?”
The slimy bastard starts talking immediately.
“Oh, come now, Montego?—”
“My question wasn't for you.”
His mouth snaps shut.
Mary tells me everything.
The permits.
The proposition.
The dinner invitation.
The overnight stay.
My jaw clenches so hard I hear my teeth grind.
“He offered to reinstate the permits if I'd sleep with him.”
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Jonas sputters.
“That's not what I?—”
I close my eyes.
Just for a second.
Because if I don't?
I'll hit him.
And this time I won't stop.
When I open them again, there's nothing left inside me.
No anger.
No shouting.
No emotion.
Just ice.
“Ego was right.”
Jonas frowns.
“What?”
I smile.
