Chapter 9 - Andy

As much as Andy had tried hard to convince herself otherwise, the truth was that Gabriel Ferrars still had the ability to deeply disturb her. The proof of this was that, even after she had managed to leave that restaurant and breathe fresh air outside, his words and regretful expression had continued to haunt him, returning to his mind again and again, challenging her to trying to understand what he really wanted... Or if he, in fact, was telling the truth about just wanting her forgiveness.

At the school she had been transferred to, a few months after what had happened to Gabriel at the lake, Andy had met many other teenagers who were victims of bullying, some even more cruel than what she had experienced, and certainly all of them still suffered from the consequences of that. If any of them were unlucky enough to meet their bully, even years later, they would proba