Chapter 394 Crash And Burn

• Not having the experience of being a criminal before, I wasn't quite sure how one was supposed to be treated, but the experiences that I went through might have indeed been close. I thought that I was used to disappointing my parents and the people around me. I thought that I was used to seeing the look of disappointment and disapproval in their eyes before it became a look of resentment and then complete apathy and lack of care. I thought that I could deal with everything without getting my emotions involved because, after all, I was supposed to be used to this kind of treatment, and that was why I was caught utterly off guard by how quickly things escalated.
• Thinking back on it, my memories were quite blurry. Either it was simply too much for me to take in at the time for my brain to form any clear memories, or it was simply too shocking and too harsh for me to take. Either way, everything seemed to fly by me and over my head.
• Although every single teacher and the principal tried to keep the situation under control, they failed in every single aspect. The news was out, and it had leaked way beyond the walls of the school. Of course, my parents found out along with pretty much everybody else that had access to the internet. Sitting all alone in the principal's office in complete silence when I knew that a storm was raging outside felt extremely ironic, and so did this strange sense of calm that seemed to envelop me in that moment. It truly was the calm before the storm, and I was determined to enjoy it while it lasted.