felt like walking through
held a memo
clinging to his arm, both of them
it" couple, reborn and conv
me first, her
ike, whisper
ssive, almost bored, unti
nreadable crossed his fa
e, blocking my path i
her voice dripping with fake sweetness,
nst the lockers, arms
sica continued, louder now, drawing a
gaze, my
" I said, m
"Careful, Sarah, sometimes things don't go
d my shoulder, hard en
as already reviewing for AP Co
scat
ave flushed with s
oked at the mess,
loudly, but with a firmnes
coffed. "
d me, pic
ckers. "Hey, Sarah, don't be l
erent message, a glint of the
" I asked, hol
ed, unco
n. "Why should I? You' re jus
voice, I didn' t
nd started gathering
quieter now, s
p, I looked di
hat full ride to Stanford
irk fa
t it, framing me for hacking the school, f
ly. Jessica looked co
e talking a
id, trying to sound casual,
that scholarship, I'm going to Stanford, and you two," I lo
then, real fear, before
ng us, Miller?
y, leaving them standing there, the whisp
y inside me, my resolve to reclaim my future,