"Something has come up." Renee Jennings sat back down and used her chopsticks to give a pork rib to Shadow and the lion cat.
Seeing them start on the meat, she put down her chopsticks and said in a grave voice, "Shadow just told me something. There are some families having dinner here tonight, in the Purple Bamboo Hall."
The others exchanged glances, curious about what she was going to say.
Renee Jennings said, "It's two families, both with children who took the college entrance exams this year. One is a boy, the other a girl. The girl did very well on her exams, but the boy has to repeat a year."
Jude Sherman raised an eyebrow. "The boy's parents must be feeling terrible, then."
"Exactly," Michelle Fuller said, clenching her fists. "They might be thinking of doing something awful."
"You can't be serious," Hilary said, her face a picture of shock. "Wanting to hurt someone over that? Are they insane?"
Jude Sherman frowned slightly. "That's an extreme reaction."
