“How long has this been happening?” I asked Sinclair immediately we left the cafeteria, enroute to the principal’s office.

Levina has refused to say a word since we left, but that was okay. People reacted to situations differently.

If I would take a bet, she was contemplating her father’s reaction when he finally heard the news.

There was a minute silence, during which I inhaled the strength to shout at him if he chose not to talk about this troubling matter. But then, he started speaking.

“For a while now. It’s not regular, but it happens occasionally, sometimes in the cafeteria, sometimes in the training field. Actually since her father...