Chapter 18 - THE BODYGUARDS
Professional security became even more professional.
No family titles as instructions.
No retired elders issuing commands.
No “inside matter” deference where safety was involved.
If a child was restrained unexpectedly, security intervened.
If adults shouted, they assessed context.
If somebody asked for privacy, privacy did not become immunity.
One guard who had been at the dinner later told me:
“We were waiting for your cue.”
“Why?”
“You’re the principal.”
“Would you have intervened if Ione had hurt Oren?”
“Yes.”
“Then why wait?”
“Because it happened too fast.”
Fair.
Not every hesitation is conspiracy.
Still, training changed:
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Child safety did not wait for principal approval.
Good.
