Hailey Gordon's face flushed red, choked with indignation.
'How could that little monster, Aurora Sinclair, be Master Flora Guthrie's apprentice?' she thought, unable to believe it.
Stella Sinclair was so shocked by his words that she staggered back half a step. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Zane Guthrie, her frail body swaying slightly. She muttered, "No... it can't be... It can't be her..."
Seeing her still stubbornly refusing to face reality, Zane Guthrie said in disappointment, "Stella Sinclair has demonstrated a lack of integrity. Effective today, she is expelled from the Kingsford Calligraphy and Painting Association. All awards for her works are hereby revoked..."
"Master..."
"Take them out—"
***
The news of Stella Sinclair's plagiarism and expulsion from the Kingsford Calligraphy and Painting Association spread across the country as if it had grown wings.
