(Aurora's POV)
"I'd rather just - not tonight, Aurora. I'm sorry. I know you worked hard to get me in there and I messed it up."
Leo's voice was flat and low, the kind of flat that meant he'd been crying and didn't want me to know.
"You didn't mess anything up," I said.
"I can't talk about it right now. Tomorrow. I promise."
I stood there with my hand on the doorframe. He needed the night. I could give him that.
I also knew better than to call the school. If they'd already made a decision, any teacher I reached would give me the party line - and without evidence, I'd just be another parent making excuses for her kid. I needed something concrete before I made any moves.
I went to the kitchen to make dinner.
I was thinking about the exam hall layout, about what Leo must have looked l
