Ever since that bogus trial came to an end, Celeste found it hard to be the version of herself that she always imagined herself to be.
Gone was the nigh-perfect, diligent, and dutiful teacher putting it all on the line for her students while caring not for the politics or the socialization with the other teachers.
What had to be an overwhelmingly harsh and unjust ordeal for the supposedly weakest colleague of hers in the entire academy turned out to be nothing short of a wake-up call for her.
'Can I really live my life free from all that happens around me?'
Because of her role and indirect involvement in the whole case, she ended up—not through a fault of her own—as a judiciary responsible for bringing Theo up to trial and then making sure he wouldn't try to escape the judgment once it would be passed.
A job she had no other choice but to accept once requested, lest she wanted to take a huge hit to the reputation and social status she diligently worked hard to raise.
