Seeing that Eloise Donovan's expression had softened, Gregory Sherwood breathed a small sigh of relief and continued.
"Miss Donovan was right that day. We were the ones who requested the divination. Master Donovan was only telling us what she knew and didn't deserve my groundless accusations. As for me, one shouldn't speak without doing their own research. I shouldn't have acted on emotion and jumped to conclusions, wrongfully accusing someone."
Eloise Donovan, however, just raised an eyebrow and challenged him, "So, what if your investigation had cleared Cassandra Lynch?"
Gregory Sherwood was surprisingly frank. "Then I would have brought the complete investigation file here for you both to review. Then I would have asked you both to apologize for your inappropriate comments that day and admit that you had fabricated slanderous rumors."
"But the truth you uncovered was the exact opposite."
"Exactly. Which is why I'm the one apologizing to you both."
