The bullying didn’t slow down.
If anything, it got worse. It was really frustrating. Like, are we back in high school or something? Don't they have better things to do than to bother someone every minute, every hour?
Ugh!
The moment I stepped out of my room the next morning, I felt the pause in the hallway. Not silence. Just that slight shift. Conversations dipping. Eyes following. Whispers not even bothering to lower anymore.
I kept my head straight and walked anyway.
Geneva fell into step beside me almost immediately. She didn’t say anything at first, just bumped her shoulder lightly into mine like she always did when she knew I was already bracing myself.
“You good?” she asked after a few steps.
“I’m fine.”
She snorted. “That wasn’t convincing.”
“I said I’m fine.”
“That was wo
