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Chapter 1

The parent-teacher conference had ended. I peeked out through the back door of the classroom and waited until everyone had left before slinging my backpack over my shoulder and heading out.“Well, well. If it isn’t our class ghost.”Three girls emerged from around the stairwell corner. Leading them was Lindsey Parker, her arms crossed and a mocking smile plastered across her face.Her two lackeys, Samantha Reed and Jessica Miller, followed close behind. Together, they blocked my path.I lowered my head and tried to slip past them, but someone grabbed my backpack.“Where’s the rush?” Lindsey yanked me backward by the hair. “Your parents didn’t show up for the conference today, did they? I knew it. You’re an orphan.”“I’m not.” I shook my head. “I have parents.”“Oh, really?” Lindsey sneered, her eyes filled with contempt.“Then where are they? What are their names? What do they do for a living? Why don’t you call them over and show us?”I pressed my lips together and said nothi

Chapter 2

The concern I had hoped for never came.My parents exchanged a glance, and to my surprise, there was a hint of displeasure in their eyes.“Madison, it’s perfectly normal for classmates to roughhouse with each other.”Dad’s tone grew stern.“You can’t blow such a trivial matter out of proportion. And you certainly can’t use our positions to make false accusations against your classmates just to get us to take your side.”“I’m not…” I tried desperately to explain. “They really held my head underwater. I almost—”“Madison.” Mom interrupted me, too.“You know how sensitive your father’s and my positions at the school are. We can’t show favoritism to anyone, including you.”“But they bullied me!” My voice trembled.“Have you ever wondered why they pick on you and not the other students?”Dad frowned.“Besides, have you considered that you might be part of the problem? Maybe you’re just too sensitive.”I froze, tears suspended in my eyes.“Your mother and I are very busy. We’re

Chapter 3

When I returned to school, I became even quieter.As soon as I walked into the classroom, everyone looked at me before casually turning away, as though I were invisible.I approached my desk and stared at the scene before me, my fists clenched.My desk compartment was stuffed with all kinds of trash. A sticky liquid coated the entire desktop, and even my chair had been smeared with a layer of clear glue.“Oh, my! Whose seat is this? Why is it so filthy?”Lindsey’s voice rang out behind me.The next second, the entire class burst into laughter.I turned to leave, but Lindsey shoved me back into my seat. The glue immediately stuck to my school uniform skirt.“Where do you think you’re going, little liar?” She leaned down and whispered in my ear. “This seat suits you perfectly.”Another wave of laughter erupted around us.Someone held up a phone and started recording. The camera flash was so bright that I could barely keep my eyes open.“Look at how disgusting she is. No wonder

Chapter 4

“Shut up!” Mom snapped, cutting me off. Her face instantly turned livid. “Who are you calling Mom? Stop pretending we’re related!”Dad looked at me coldly, too.“Lindsey is right. Mrs. Hayes and I treat every student equally at school. We will never show favoritism for any reason.”The entire classroom fell silent as everyone watched the spectacle unfold.“But they really are bullying me…” I pleaded, practically begging them to listen. “They shoved my head into the garbage and forced me to eat—”“Enough!” Dad raised his voice, his face twisted with anger.“Madison Hayes, your desk really is a mess. It reflects badly on our class. Although Lindsey Parker went about it the wrong way, her intentions were good.”“Clean up the classroom yourself,” Mom ordered, giving me a cold look. “As punishment, you’ll be responsible for classroom duty every day for the next month.”With that, they left the classroom without sparing me another glance.The moment they were out of sight, the class

Chapter 5

I watched helplessly as the ground rushed toward me.The last images frozen in my vision were Dad’s smile stiffening on his face, the folder slipping from Mom’s hands, and Lindsey and the other girls standing on the rooftop, their faces as pale as paper.THUD!After the dull impact, the world suddenly fell silent.I hovered in midair, looking down at my body lying twisted at a grotesque angle on the cold concrete.The moment blood began to spread across the ground—“Ahhh!”Screams finally erupted, and the orderly inspection descended into chaos.Mom stared blankly at my body, her lips trembling as though she wanted to say something but couldn’t make a sound.Her eyes widened. A second later, she swayed like a marionette with its strings cut and toppled straight backward.“Mrs. Hayes!”“Call an ambulance! Call the police!”The school district officials accompanying the inspection had gone deathly pale. They fumbled for their phones in a panic.Dad caught Mom as she fainted,

Chapter 6

The wail of sirens grew louder as police cars approached, shattering the campus’s false sense of peace.My body was covered with a white sheet and carried away, while Mom was taken to the school nurse’s office.The police quickly cordoned off the area, began examining the scene, and questioned witnesses.Dad stood at the edge of the crowd, subtly kept apart from the others by Director Michael and the other officials. His face was livid, and his eyes darkened as he watched the officers rushing about.My soul drifted helplessly through the air, following a group of officers heading toward the classroom building.I knew they were going to investigate my class.The classroom was no longer filled with the noise and laughter from earlier. A deathly silence hung over everyone.Lindsey Parker and her two followers sat at their desks, their faces frighteningly pale and their bodies trembling slightly.The other students kept their heads down, too afraid to speak. An oppressive sense of

Chapter 7

“Principal Hayes.”The officer seemed to have overheard their conversation. He looked up.“What did you just say? What did you mean by minimizing the damage?”Dad’s expression stiffened, but he quickly replaced it with one of profound sorrow.“Officer, what I meant was that we’re all devastated by this tragedy. Our immediate priorities should be to uncover the truth, reassure the other students, and maintain order on campus.“Lindsey Parker is one of the outstanding students in her grade. She’s always excelled both academically and behaviorally. I believe what she told you.“As for Madison Hayes… perhaps she really was just a little introverted and sensitive.”He was actually defending Lindsey.While my body was still lying cold, before I had even been laid to rest, while Mom was drowning in grief, he was defending the person who caused my death.All for the sake of the school’s stability and the position he was so desperate to protect.Mom whipped around and glared at Dad. T

Chapter 8

The tablet was connected to the classroom’s multimedia display.On the screen, I watched Lindsey and her friends drag me out of the classroom, half-pulling and half-hauling me along.One of them clamped a hand over my mouth. All the camera captured was the terror in my wide eyes and my futile struggles.Students passing by hurriedly lowered their heads and looked away.In the stairwell, they shoved me up the stairs. I kept pleading and screaming through my tears, but they only laughed. One moment, they yanked my hair; the next, they kicked my legs.Finally, we reached the rooftop.The footage clearly showed me collapsing to my knees as they dragged me toward the railing.Lindsey pointed down at the ground below, her expression arrogant and taunting.Together, the three girls forced my upper body over the railing.My desperate cries for help rang clearly through the classroom speakers.Mom lunged toward the screen, but she couldn’t stop the railing in the footage from coming l

Chapter 9

I watched every step of the subsequent investigation and trial.The rooftop railing had fallen into disrepair. Its screws were rusted and loose, making its poor condition the immediate physical cause of my fall.But that did nothing to excuse Lindsey and her friends for unlawfully restraining me, using violence and intimidation against me, and placing me in an extremely dangerous situation.Lindsey, the ringleader, was sixteen years old. Her actions constituted intentional assault and negligent homicide. Given the severity of the circumstances and her lack of genuine remorse, she faced serious legal consequences.The other two girls, as accomplices, would not escape punishment either.News of my death soon reached the public.Dad had tried to suppress the story, but the truth couldn’t be kept under wraps forever.Some students had witnessed the bullying, parents had heard rumors, and school district officials had seen the events unfold with their own eyes.Before long, a headli

Chapter 10

I drifted through the world as a spirit for an indeterminate amount of time.I watched Lindsey and her friends’ parents weep bitterly in court, overwhelmed by regret.I watched the classmates who had once stood by indifferently or even joined in the mockery go their separate ways after graduation. Perhaps a flicker of guilt would occasionally cross some of their faces.I watched our school undergo a sweeping overhaul, implementing stricter anti-bullying policies and a more comprehensive system for monitoring students’ mental health.I watched online discussions about the tragedy gradually die down, replaced by newer trending topics.And all the while, I continued watching my parents.Dad had completely fallen apart.Stripped of the power and status that had once surrounded him, he seemed like a man whose spine had been ripped out.He tried contacting Mom, hoping they could talk, but she wouldn’t even answer his calls.Living alone in their now-empty house, he drank heavily and

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