Date: April 10 2017 7:37 PM Title: Chapter 67: Student Monitors
This was nothing like an apology from Sharon, but neither was this most recent bout of menacing up to her usual calculating standards. I can't escape the conclusion that Sharon didn't expect Mandy to try to kill Peter, and her own complicity (and lack of foresight) in Mandy's assault bothers Sharon on a level she can't quite access. She can't own up to it, of course, to Peter or to anyone else. I can't remember if Amy or Kimmy are also in Peter's English class, but Sharon seems to have dismissed her coterie while she collects herself. Insisting on her superiority, she reflexively contrasts her care of Peter both with Mandy's callousness and Lisa's negligence, with no other apparent goal than to reassure herself. Feeling on the defensive, she ends the encounter with a derisive barb at the most visible instance of Peter's popularity.
I've lost sight of Sharon's preferred endgame, and perhaps she's shaky on it now, too.
Author's Response:
Thanks for reviewing! Neither Amy nor Kimmy are in English with them, so it's just Peter and Sharon alone there. I won't spoil what's coming, but I will say that you're onto something about Sharon being thrown off her normal center of absolute control
Date: April 10 2017 12:52 PM Title: Chapter 67: Student Monitors
Oh man, that conversation with Sharon was absolutely tantalizing! Just how she was able to get into his head. The perfect combo of talking just right to lead him in the conversation, while getting just close enough for him to feel her breath on his back and know how powerless he is. She's like a cat teasing her prey. It was just an amazingly well executed conversation. Bravo!
Author's Response:
Glad to hear it. Most encounters with Sharon tend to go this way. Thanks for reading!
[Report This]Date: April 09 2017 5:53 PM Title: Chapter 67: Student Monitors
Hoo-boy! What's Sharon's last name; Machiavelli???
Author's Response:
Might as well be, since I don't give her one in this story