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Chapter 1: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Kneel

The first thing I heard was the sound of my hoodie tearing. Not completely. Just a small, sharp rip near the collar as the varsity wrestling captain tightened his fist…

Chapter 1: The Quietest Boy in the Cafeteria

  The chair disappeared beneath me before I even had time to understand what was happening. One moment, I was sitting at the far end of the cafeteria table, unzipping…

Chapter 1: The Day the Cafeteria Fell Silent

The lunch tray tilted above Emma Collins’s head before she had time to understand what was happening. One moment, she was standing beside a crowded table in the cafeteria of…

Chapter 1: The Seat Nobody Dared to Claim

The milk carton hit the cafeteria table with a hollow crack, and three hundred conversations seemed to stop at once. A white stream spilled across the beige Formica surface, racing…