But when she raised her head, there was a sincere look of remorse in her eyes. Her eyes red, she said, "I’m really sorry. Please give us a chance to make amends."
Just now, the principal had talked to them and scolded them severely.
He said they had gotten the school into a lot of trouble.
They had offended a very important person.
Now, this important person was very angry and demanded the school to punish them.
"Apologize to Joanna Lawrence immediately. If she forgives you, it will be fine. If not, the school can’t protect you, and you’ll have to fend for yourselves."
Recalling the principal’s words, Lillian White’s face changed, and she clenched her fists.
Even if she was unwilling, she had no choice but to bow her head.
At this moment, the more humble her attitude, the more intense her resentment in her heart.
"Joanna, I’m sorry. I and Lillian were just momentarily confused and... We won’t dare to do it again in the future." Gretchen Skerit also apologized, "Please, considering our three years of friendship, forgive us just this once."
Upon hearing their apology, the surrounding people turned their eyes to Joanna.
They wondered how she would respond.
Aria Rowlett also turned her head to look at Joanna.
Under the gaze of the classroom, Joanna was silent for a while before speaking in a cold tone, "If apologies were useful, then what’s the point of having police? If you really cared about our three years of friendship, you wouldn’t have done this. Since you’ve done it, it means you don’t care in your heart."
"Then why should I care?" she looked at their pale faces, pursed her lips, and continued coldly, "I’ve already said at lunchtime, from now on, we’re strangers. Sorry, I can’t forgive you."
The onlookers didn’t expect her to answer .
They thought that, in front of so many people, even if she was unwilling, she wouldn’t say it outright.
So when they heard Joanna’s response, they were all a bit surprised.
But no one thought she was overreacting.
After all, this kind of situation would be unbearable for anyone.
On the contrary, if Joanna were to just forgive them so easily, it would be hard for people to accept.
Lillian’s face suddenly didn’t look good anymore.
She probably didn’t expect that after all her groveling, Joanna would still not give her any face.
She made her lose face in public.
She wanted to leave angrily just like that.
But remembering the principal’s words, she could only suppress her anger.
Compared to being expelled, the current situation was not that bad.
Anyhow, they couldn’t be expelled.
"Joanna, I know you’re very angry now, and we did do some outrageous things. It’s normal for you not to want to forgive us. But we really understand our mistake. Tell us, what do we have to do for you to forgive us? As long as you forgive us, we’ll do anything."
Gretchen nodded hurriedly, "Yeah, yeah. What do we have to do for you to forgive us? Just say it, and we’ll do it right away."
Gretchen was also furious.
There were so many people around, and they all saw her and Lillian apologizing to Joanna.
Joanna’s attitude was still so cold.
She simply didn’t care about what they were saying.
They had lost all their dignity.
But as angry as they were, they couldn’t just leave like that.