Chapter 886

Yara squeezed her hands together, her eyes filling with a mix of hurt and something darker. It had to be Lydia. Only Lydia could have pulled something like this. Yara had always heard that Lydia was a little offbeat, always messing with weird things no one else understood. Now, all the private info on the school forum was out in the open, and Yara was sure Lydia was behind it. Lydia probably felt embarrassed after losing the poll and wanted to drag Yara down with her. It was so petty.
“Grandpa, I know I messed up.”
Facing Lewis, she could only apologize. Lewis saw how genuinely sorry she looked, and his voice softened.
“Yara, I know you think I’m hard on you, but it’s only because I care. Do you get that?”
Lewis and his wife were both teachers, and they only had one daughter. But their daughter had let them down, falling for someone too young, getting pregnant, then dropping out of school. The stress nearly broke their hearts. He just couldn’t stand the thought of Yara, his only granddaughter, throwing away her future for something as silly as a crush.
Yara knew he meant well, so she nodded. “I know, Grandpa. I promise I’ll focus on school. I won’t let you or Grandma down.”
“That’s what I needed to hear.”
Lewis made his way to Kevin’s office. Kevin was sitting at his desk, eyes glued to the school forum on his computer screen. The more he read, the more he realized how badly the forum needed a reset. Switching to real names was definitely the right call. It forced all those people who hid behind fake names and said whatever they wanted to actually take responsibility. He had to admit, Lydia was clever. She’d solved a bunch of headaches with just one move.
“You’re here. Have a seat.”
Kevin looked as relaxed as ever, which only made Lewis more nervous.
“Kevin, about what happened on the forum, I
Kevin didn’t jump in or cut him off. He just smiled, waiting for Lewis to speak. Lewis had planned to make excuses, but seeing the lookin Kevin’ eyes, like he already knew everything, Lewis just couldn’t say a word.

After a long, awkward silence, Kevin finally gave him a way out. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ.net
“Last night, I took a couple of our top researchers to tour the special lab. On our way out, we ran into Yara.”
Lewis froze. That happened? Why hadn’t Yara mentioned it?
“Garrett really is something special, and Yara is at that age where it’s normal to have a crush. There’s nothing wrong with that. But using your account to badmouth another student wasn’t okay. Now look at the mess were in wish wamed you d earlier.”

Lewis was shocked and confused. “Principal, warned me about what?”
Kevin leaned back, thoughtful. “The
school forum is supposed to be a place for students to share and connect, but lately, it’s gotten out of
hand. So I had our tech team make
everyone’s real name visible Hopefully now people will think before they post. No matter where you are, online or in real life, you’ve got to take responsibility for what you say and do.”
Lewis felt so embarrassed he wished he could just disappear. His face was burning. He didn’t even know where to look.
“Principal, I should have taught Yara better. She’s still young, though, and she’ll be here for a while. If everyone finds out what she did
Kevin looked at him, understanding in his eyes. “I get it. If this comes out, it’ll crush her. For her sake, you don’t have to tell anyone she was behind it. Still, we need to figure out how to handle this.”