Nobody at Belmont ever considered student feedback forms
anything more than an exercise in futility.
What a nothing, inconsequential charge--yet here she was with
the rest of the panel who all appeared to think this was the
most serious crime since the Holocaust.
Annette hadn't dared to refuse Henry's request after the
way the Vee had questioned her. He had come unannounced to her
office to ask her to serve on this hearing panel. He explained
to her how important serving on university committees could be
and how they beefed up a curriculum vita.
Then, right out of the blue, apropos of nothing he had said,
"I understand you and your friend, Joan, live together."
It could have been just an innocent remark, but Annette,
with years of suspicion and threats to remember, didn't think so.
He knows, she thought and the thought stuck in her throat and choked
her with fear. Her weak protests that she really didn't think
she had experience enough yet to qualify for the panel had been
swept aside and here she was.
Henry's thoughts were similar. He smiled in triumph.
It really paid to check people out carefully.
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