Helanie:
"I heard you made an announcement about Helanie," Lord McQuoid asked Emmet, shifting his attention from his food to him during dinner.
I had been watching Emmet to make sure he was okay, and he seemed completely fine.
"It was needed to be done." I noticed the lack of confidence compared to last time in Emmet's words. He was so determined on the academy grounds when making that announcement. But tonight, he looked troubled as he kept glancing at Kaye and Maximus.
It was then that I realized he might have gotten scolded by Maximus.
"He announced Helanie as his stepsister?" My mother put her fork down, her tone sharp and shocked.
"Yeah, Ursula, it was important. She was getting bullied nonstop," Lord McQuoid seemed to have known this would upset my mother, so he quickly tried explaining.
However, the look on my mother's face didn't change.
She looked unconvinced.