While Arm was blinded by jealousy, Mileh was observing the room with the eyes of a predator. She didn't care about the pen—she cared about the reaction.
She watched Skyler. She noticed that while every other student in the room was whispering about the "office raid" or the Armitage downfall, Skyler remained perfectly serene. Too serene. Mileh recalled the supermarket story she had fed Arm—a story about a girl wanting something she couldn't afford. Looking at Skyler now, Mileh saw a girl who acted as if she owned the very air she breathed.
Lina told me the tunnels were empty, Mileh thought, her eyes tracking the way Skyler's pen moved across her paper without a single tremor. If the video was stolen, it was an inside job. And who is better positioned than the girl who sits in the blind spot of every room?
Mileh decided to test her theory. She scribbled a quick note on a piece of paper and signaled a student to pass it to the back.
The Confrontation After Class
