Chapter 58

• "I was the smartest in my class, had excellent grades, had a good relationship with every teacher in the school, even with the principal. All I had to do was approach one of them, and they would stop whatever they were doing to listen to me.
• "Bobby liked that. I was popular among the teachers, he was popular among the students. The perfect couple, according to him," she looks at her hands and smiles. "I really liked him, so when he asked me out and wanted to be my boyfriend, it was a dream come true for me.
• "But all of that went down the drain when the spring party arrived," tears threaten to fall and Max squeezes her hands to give her strength. "Of course, I would go with him, we had to celebrate that he had gotten extra credits in the subjects he was failing. That couldn't happen or the coach would suspend him.