Her life! GxG! Intersex! (Book 1)

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The second the conference room door opened, Ashley was moving.

"Well?" she demanded before anyone had fully stepped into the hallway.

Megan stood up more calmly, but her eyes immediately searched their faces.

Abigail was the first one out.

Emma right behind her.

And for the first time since they had arrived that morning—

Neither of them looked like they were carrying the entire weight of the world on their shoulders.

Ashley narrowed her eyes immediately.

"That's a good face."

"No such thing as a good face," Abigail muttered.

"There absolutely is."

Ashley pointed at her.

"Your face yesterday? Bad face."

Then she pointed at Emma.

"Her face this morning? Also bad face."

Megan sighed.

"Ashley."

"I'm just saying."

Emma actually laughed.

That was all Ashley needed.

"Oh, we won."

"We did not win," Abigail said.

Ashley gasped dramatically.

"You laughed."

She looked at Megan.

"She laughed."

Megan smiled despite herself.

"That's usually a good sign."

The group started walking toward the exit together, the tension easing with every step away from the conference room.

Ashley lasted approximately thirty seconds before asking.

"What happened?"

Abigail looked at Emma.

Emma looked at Abigail.

Megan immediately noticed.

"Something happened."

"Several things happened," Emma admitted.

Ashley clapped her hands together.

"Excellent."

Abigail rubbed her forehead.

"Professor Shields was placed on administrative leave."

Ashley stopped walking.

"What?"

Megan blinked.

"What?"

Emma nodded.

"They're opening a formal investigation."

For a second, neither Ashley nor Megan spoke.

Then—

"HOLY—"

"Ashley," Megan warned.

Ashley lowered her voice.

"Holy crap."

They continued walking.

Ashley looked genuinely stunned.

"Wait. Like actual consequences?"