Derek
I couldn’t wrap my head around what had just happened. I’d never seen Hailey so angry at me, and I couldn’t explain why I was so angry she was helping Tyler too.
If I was being honest with myself, I would’ve been just as pissed off if she’d believed a rumor that horrible about me. I’d had my doubts when I’d heard about it, but the photo had made me second-guess myself.
It had disturbed me, thinking that someone as soft and sweet as Hailey could be getting ahead in school by letting her teachers and peers take advantage of her. I’d wanted to go and beat some sense into Mr. Kim – he should know better than to do that to young students.
Especially ones like her.
I’d let the voices of the students around me poison my thoughts. After all, how could someone actually
