“I don’t want kids like her here paying that kind of money.”
My expression changed immediately
“What exactly do you mean by ‘kids like her’?”
Denise realized how badly she’d phrased it.
“No. That’s not what I meant.”
“Then what did you mean?”
“I mean children who behave the way Mia has been behaving.”
That answer confused me even more.
“What did she do?”
Denise pointed toward the dining hall.
“Nothing bad.”
That somehow made it worse.
“She hasn’t broken rules. She hasn’t bullied anyone. She hasn’t caused trouble.”
“Then why are you banning her?”
Denise took a breath.
