(Author’s POV)
"What happened, Ms. Miracle? What are you thinking so deeply?" Gavin spoke from behind, pulling Myra out of her reverie. Though they were now outside the staff building, her mind remained on all that had unfolded in Oswald Mitchell’s office.
"Uhhh~ ... it’s nothing," she shook her head and inquired, "But~ .... Gavin, are you alright? Because of my matter, you got dragged into this mess." She voiced out feeling guilty.
"Ms. Miracle~ .... I~ ...." Gavin started. "You can just call me by my name," Myra interrupted. She was feeling awkward with this formal title. After all, he was a fellow student.
"Can I~ ..." he blushed, then continued, "Myra~ .... you don’t have to feel guilty about it at all. None of this was your fault. Instead, you were the victim, here, and I got involved because it was my choice to defend you. See the brighter side~ .... Nigel Long is suspended for a period until further notice, in addition to being handed two demerit points. Plus, his friends got a suspension for a month and a penalty point each. All is well that ends well, right?" He tried to cheer her up. Then he raised a question, "By the way~ .... who do you think sent the anonymous tip to Prof. Johnson’s office? Who would dare to go against Nigel? Do you have any idea?"
It has been on her mind, but she wasn’t so sure about who it could be. She shook her head in denial, "Got no idea."
He snapped his fingers and spoke, "Maybe it is~ .... Prof. Stephens~ ..." He said it a bit too excitedly. Realizing what he had just uttered, Gavin clicked his tongue and explained while stammering, "Ummm~ .... what I mean is that~ .... I heard that~ .... you two are close friends~ .... so, I thought~ ...." He scratched the back of his head awkwardly, "Ummm~ .... I am sorry, I misspoke, Ms. Miracle~ .... I mean Myra."
She let out a soft chuckle listening to him, but before she could give him a response, a tall, robust figure came between the two, "What are you talking about? Seems interesting. Do you mind if I join in as well?"
Myra glanced to her right, to find Alaric smiling at her, it was more of a smirk. He wasn’t even looking at Gavin.
Gavin became flustered, distanced himself a bit and muttered, lowering his head, "Mr. Everests~ .... we were~ ... just~ .... trying to figure out about the person~ .... who sent the tip."
"So, what did you find out? Who is it?" Alaric asked casually but was oddly interested. Myra narrowed her eyes at him. Returning an amusing look, he said, "I was also involved here. So, I also deserve to know. Don’t you think so?"
Gavin thought his words were reasonable and expressed his opinion, "We still don’t know yet. But it can be Prof. Stephens. He is~ ...."
The smile on Alaric’s face was wiped out as he spat out instantly, "I assure you. It is definitely not him." He then shifted his gaze to Gavin and ordered, "You can go now. Ms. Miracle and I have something urgent to discuss." He shooed him away.
"But I~ ...." Gavin felt something off from his sudden change in demeanour. But when he glanced at Myra, she nodded and gestured for him to go ahead.
With no choice left, he had to depart. As he reached some distance, Myra recalled something and called out, "Gavin~ .... I will give you your library card the next time, okay?"
Gavin, in return, gave her a heartfelt, broad smile and nodded. After that, he walked away.


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