The principal was practically fuming at Jasper Wood.
"These people are Stella Dawson's parents—how could they not be her legal guardians?"
"The Dawsons and the Holmes families had a baby mix-up years ago. Now that it's been cleared up, what's wrong with the Holmes family being present?"
"And you, young man, frankly, have no place here. You look more like an imposter."
"So, Principal," Jasper's voice was dangerously calm, "whatever the Dawson family says, goes?"
"If they point to two random people and call them my sister's guardians, you just accept it?"
"Shall I call the police right now and have them verify the legal guardianship for you?"
Jasper kept his expression icy, his presence sharp enough to cut through steel. He had zero tolerance for bullies, and this prin
