Her good eye widened in mock innocence, hand fluttering to her chest in theatrical shock. "Me? What did I do, kiddo? I'm just an innocent bystander in all this."
"You abandoned your students. In a medical facility. On our first day. After one of them was just knocked unconscious by a faculty member." I ticked off each point on my fingers, my tone light but my eyes hard. "I believe that's what they call 'gross negligence.' Or perhaps 'dereliction of duty' sounds better on a formal complaint?"
Carmen wasn't fazed. If anything, her lips curved into a predatory smile that transformed her face, revealing the cunning beneath the carefree exterior. She slid off the chair and sauntered toward me, her hips swaying with each deliberate step, the movement drawing every male eye in the room.
