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Chapter 101

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JACQUELINE

As Mom walked to her room, I caught her trying to hide a smile, and I fought the giggle that rose up my throat too.

Heading to my own room, I realized just how relieved I felt, not just because I hadn’t been scolded, but because I’d finally said the words I’d been choking on for weeks. Telling Mom the truth about the bullying, about how Ezra Philips had helped me, had loosened something inside me. Like I could breathe again.

The idea of getting a restraining order against Nina and Samuel filled me with pure relief. It felt like for once, someone had drawn a line in the sand and said enough.

I checked the time. If I didn’t hurry, I was going to be late for school, and late for Ezra’s class.

I rushed into the bathroom, stripped out of the clothes I’d tossed aside the night before, and stepped into the shower. The water hit my skin like a jolt of memory. As I reached for my sponge, my eyes caught on my reflection in the broken edge of the mirror hanging crookedly above the si
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