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Ashton’s POV

“Are you sure about this?” Bastien asked once I explained what happened with Sarah. “Why would Sheryl want to keep this from me?”

“She thinks there’s good in Sarah and doesn’t think that punishing her will do her any good. For whatever reason, she just wants peace.”

“Yeah, that sounds like something she would say,” Bastien sighed. “Even so, this is still a punishable

crime, even if Sheryl made a speedy recovery. But I’m afraid without proper proof, I won’t be able to do

anything.”

“Can’t you speak to the board?” I asked. “Or maybe I can speak to them—”

“And then what? It’ll get dismissed if we go to them without proper proof. Not to mention Sarah’s

Father basically owns that school. If he gets word that his daughter is being accused of a crime, he won’t

stop fighting us. If we want to proceed in punishing her, we need actual proof of the crime.”

“What about pictures?” I asked. “Were there any photos taken at the party?”

“There were some that took pictures, yes. We alrea