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I stopped right in front of her.
The air froze. The murmur of the children turned into a dull background noise.
“You need to leave now,” she said again, this time more harshly, though her voice trembled slightly.
I tilted my head slightly.
“And what if I don’t?”
She hesitated for a second.
“I’ll call the principal. You have no right—”
“No right…?” I repeated calmly.
I knelt down next to Mia.
She threw herself into my arms, crying.
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