Barely batting an eyelash she brought her eyes to meet his.  She had been slapped harder than that on multiple occasions but knew it was meant as a warning of what could happen. Madison felt it odd the he had openly done so in front of the rest of the staff and new arrivals. She backed up and bit her lip, showing she understood his warning. "I'm sorry Mr. Blackstone."<br/><br/>Mattie wasn't even remotely sorry nor had those been the words she wanted to say. What she had really wanted to do was yell and ask what right he had to lay a finger on her.<br/>The longer she stood there and looked into his chilling eyes the more uneasy she became, thinking there was more to Shaw's than a simple private school.