Theo walked over with a smile. "We're all Beatrice’s classmates, so we wanted to be here for her at a moment like this. We need to show her that she’s not alone and we’re here to back her up.

"If Ivanna hadn't told us about this, we might have missed it. Everyone I could call is here."

Ivanna looked at me proudly and said, "We missed out on rescuing her, but we can't miss out on supporting her now."

As I was about to say something about Jared, Ivanna interrupted me.

"Are you only going to le