Everyone fell silent.

Suddenly, Lydia came forward. “Why do we girls have to deal with this, Mr. Duggan? None of us wants to share a room with her.”

Even Skylar’s heart of steel was increasingly unable to handle the dreaded feeling of being treated like an outcast.

In the meantime, Mr. Duggan was in a bind.

“Can I have my own room, then?” asked Skylar.

Mr. Duggan gave it a thought. “We don’t have that many rooms. There is, however, an empty slot in the men’s commercial room. Why don’t you take that?”

 

Skylar’s face instantly darkened.

Am I not human? Why am I being treated this way?

 

Then, Harry stepped forward. “I’ll share a room with Skylar, Mr. Duggan.”

stared at Harry, dumbstruck and believing he was taking one

a loss for

any case, Mr. Duggan will be right next door. Harry can’t do anything

she agreed. “I’ll share a room with Harry, then. Lynn can have her

that, Lynn clutched her chest in relief as though she

while ago, and the latter couldn’t wait to disinfect

choice. If I don’t share a room with Harry tonight,

room door and

alone in a corner. She had only grabbed some shrimp

students were busy taking selfies

obscure glances at

compared to all

food and sat across Skylar. He tried to strike

you did back there. You were kind enough to spare me

or anything. Have you not seen the campus school forums?”

didn’t even know how the other students knew her or the fact that they had been looking at

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