Chapter 8

We might be at a school for the world’s wealthiest students, but I swear I’ve heard this very same speech a million times in my life.

“If all the Idols are against you …” she starts, swallowing hard and tapping her pen against the paper on my lap. “Then I have to admit that I’d be worried about you. Seriously fucking worried. The odds are not good, Marnye.”

Nodding, I focus my attention on the front of the room and try not to think the worst.

I’ve faced bullies before, and I survived; I can do it again.

What I don’t know then is that these guys … are nothing like the ones at my old school.

Things are about to get much, much worse before they get better.

REED, MARNYE – 1st YEAR, BURBERRY PREP ACADEMIC SCHEDULE MONDAY/WEDNESDAY/1st FRIDAY:

Homeroom: Mrs. Felton, Room T1 2

Period 1: Academic Literature, Room CH7

Period 2: Trig/Pre-Calc, Room CH9

Lunch Period

Period 3: B