It's over.
All that was left in her mind were these two words, and all attempts at an explanation seemed pale and chaotic, with incredibly lame excuses.
"Nathalie Quinlan is jealous of me! Yes. She has always been jealous of me since we were kids. She can't stand seeing me win awards. When she heard I had won the Grammy Gold Medal for Arrangement and was going to study abroad, she became jealous of me, so she caused all this trouble. My hand..."
If she had not tried to explain, Master Steven might have had a shred of sympathy for her, but now he was filled with nothing but disappointment.