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Dean's office after his interview that afternoon. He could only guess why he had been summoned.
Percy White was a kindly, aging academic who loved his university through and through. People would smile when they saw him come by in his Colorado colors merchandise meant for the students. They all knew that the best gift for the Dean as a Christmas thank you or thoughtful post-exam gesture was another CU mug for his collection. Their love for the college was something that had always made Jason and Percy comrades over the years, even when Jason had still been a student. It was Percy who had first offered him a position as a professor at Colorado Boulder.
Jason knew that the man was fair and fatherly, but he also knew that he would do anything to protect his students and more than that, to protect his school. He fixed Jason with a stern stare the moment he stepped through the doors of the Dean's office, and Jason tried not to wither under his gaze as though he had been caught dressing up the school statues again, as he once had when he was a freshman.
"Hello, Percy!" he said with a half-smile. "How are you doing?"
Percy shook his head and didn't speak. Jason took a seat before him at his massive wooden desk.
"This is about Amara, isn't it?" He guessed with no small amount of dread in his belly.
"What on earth were you thinking, Jason?" Percy flared. "Marrying a foreign student?! This is insanity! Are you trying to bring this whole college under review?"
"We're two consenting adults. She's of age. I'm breaking no laws." He said quietly with earnest eyes.
"I don't care about the law." Percy sighed. "Jason, we have a reputation to uphold here and if people think that our professors are going to be jumping into bed with their young, vulnerable daughters, do you think anybody will send their children here?"
Jason hung his head guiltily. He had so badly wanted to help Amara that he had let the bigger picture slip somewhat. He didn't like the idea that he was doing anything to hurt Percy or the school.
"What if the newspapers got hold of this?" Percy continued. "The only reason I'm not firing you on the spot is because you've had the foresight to keep this quiet, and thank God that Amara's parents are abroad and not able to come storming in here to raise a fuss. Can you imagine what people would think? She's a freshman, Jason! She's nineteen, away from home in another country and you've known her for six weeks . Why would you marry her?"
The last thing Jason wanted to do was to draw Percy into his deceit, and so he lied to him for the sake of plausible deniability, to protect his friend from the sharp eyes of the agents who were already on his back.
"I fell in love with her,” Jason insisted. "The way she spoke in my classes, you wouldn't know she was only nineteen. And then we began spending time together in the discussion groups and I found out more about her. She's an incredible girl, Percy -- wise, intelligent and sophisticated beyond her years. You know I'm not one for dating, so for me to fall head over heels like this with a girl was something I just couldn't pass by. I've never met a girl who has felt like an intellectual equal and a true friend."
"So it has nothing to do with the fact that she is young and beautiful and impressionable?" Percy asked, with doubt.
"She is unquestionably young and beautiful, but she is most certainly not impressionable." Jason told him honestly. "She is bold and determined and she knows what she wants. Of course, I appreciate that she is beautiful, but our romance was an intellectual affair, which grew into something more as we spent time together. She found out her student visa had been denied and so we rushed forward with a wedding because I didn't want to lose her. But honestly Percy, it was just a matter of time before I made that girl my wife."
Percy sighed deeply and leaned back in his chair. He folded his fingers under his chin and he considered his options. Jason was one of
Percy White was a kindly, aging academic who loved his university through and through. People would smile when they saw him come by in his Colorado colors merchandise meant for the students. They all knew that the best gift for the Dean as a Christmas thank you or thoughtful post-exam gesture was another CU mug for his collection. Their love for the college was something that had always made Jason and Percy comrades over the years, even when Jason had still been a student. It was Percy who had first offered him a position as a professor at Colorado Boulder.
Jason knew that the man was fair and fatherly, but he also knew that he would do anything to protect his students and more than that, to protect his school. He fixed Jason with a stern stare the moment he stepped through the doors of the Dean's office, and Jason tried not to wither under his gaze as though he had been caught dressing up the school statues again, as he once had when he was a freshman.
"Hello, Percy!" he said with a half-smile. "How are you doing?"
Percy shook his head and didn't speak. Jason took a seat before him at his massive wooden desk.
"This is about Amara, isn't it?" He guessed with no small amount of dread in his belly.
"What on earth were you thinking, Jason?" Percy flared. "Marrying a foreign student?! This is insanity! Are you trying to bring this whole college under review?"
"We're two consenting adults. She's of age. I'm breaking no laws." He said quietly with earnest eyes.
"I don't care about the law." Percy sighed. "Jason, we have a reputation to uphold here and if people think that our professors are going to be jumping into bed with their young, vulnerable daughters, do you think anybody will send their children here?"
Jason hung his head guiltily. He had so badly wanted to help Amara that he had let the bigger picture slip somewhat. He didn't like the idea that he was doing anything to hurt Percy or the school.
"What if the newspapers got hold of this?" Percy continued. "The only reason I'm not firing you on the spot is because you've had the foresight to keep this quiet, and thank God that Amara's parents are abroad and not able to come storming in here to raise a fuss. Can you imagine what people would think? She's a freshman, Jason! She's nineteen, away from home in another country and you've known her for six weeks . Why would you marry her?"
The last thing Jason wanted to do was to draw Percy into his deceit, and so he lied to him for the sake of plausible deniability, to protect his friend from the sharp eyes of the agents who were already on his back.
"I fell in love with her,” Jason insisted. "The way she spoke in my classes, you wouldn't know she was only nineteen. And then we began spending time together in the discussion groups and I found out more about her. She's an incredible girl, Percy -- wise, intelligent and sophisticated beyond her years. You know I'm not one for dating, so for me to fall head over heels like this with a girl was something I just couldn't pass by. I've never met a girl who has felt like an intellectual equal and a true friend."
"So it has nothing to do with the fact that she is young and beautiful and impressionable?" Percy asked, with doubt.
"She is unquestionably young and beautiful, but she is most certainly not impressionable." Jason told him honestly. "She is bold and determined and she knows what she wants. Of course, I appreciate that she is beautiful, but our romance was an intellectual affair, which grew into something more as we spent time together. She found out her student visa had been denied and so we rushed forward with a wedding because I didn't want to lose her. But honestly Percy, it was just a matter of time before I made that girl my wife."
Percy sighed deeply and leaned back in his chair. He folded his fingers under his chin and he considered his options. Jason was one of
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