His distress only infuriated Charlotte. It's too much for the Prof and David to believe the worst, so they've decided to give you the benefit of the doubt. Everyone leapt to their feet, Karl included. I shouldn't have allowed it.
There was a touch of irritation in Fleur's tone. Instead, others began to leave him. Movement of rats in the shadows. You went straight to the heart of something while everyone else was tiptoeing around the edge, not daring to look.
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