As various mocking remarks echoed from their classmates, Jude Shaw's face flushed a deep red. He stared at the study materials on Iris Dalton's desk, caught in a dilemma over whether to take them back or leave them there. For the very first time, he felt genuinely embarrassed.
Wanting to help Jude out of his predicament, Robert Roland said with a sarcastic drawl, "Iris, the class monitor is offering to tutor you. Aren't you going to thank him?"
He and Jude had already lost face by publicly apologizing to Iris. If she accepted the class monitor's tutoring offer, it would be a massive slap in her own face, and they might just win back their dignity!
