With tears in my eyes, I stared at the word DETENTION, written in large red capital letters, on the slip of paper in my trembling hand. In all my years of school, I had never once gotten detention, been written up, or even scolded by a teacher.

But today, on my eighteenth birthday, my favorite teacher had given me detention.

For nothing. I had done nothing!

I walked down Redwood's hallway toward his classroom, unsure if I wanted to demand why he had forced me to come here tonight or bawl my eyes out. I tried so hard to be a good girl, someone who colleges competed for, a student who excelled not just in the classroom, but in volunteering and athletics as well.

Stupid Mr. Avery.

After swallowing my pride, I stepped into the room and let the door click shut behind me. I glanced around nervously at the students in the room, students that I would never get caught dead with. They either did drugs, hung around Poison -- Redwood's gang -- or vandalized school grounds for fun.

Mr. Avery sat at the front desk and arched a dark brow when I walked into the classroom, his full lips pulled into a smirk. I hurried up to him and placed the detention slip on his desk, shaking my head.

"Please, Mr. Avery," I pleaded. "This has to be a mistake. I can't have detention."

"Miss Sato, I thought I made myself very clear in class," Mr. Avery said, crossing his arms over his chest, his muscles flexing through his light-blue shirt.

"But I... " I glanced down at the desk and pushed away more hot tears. "I didn't do anything. It's my birthday. I have a perfect record and even perfect attendance. Whatever you think I did, I promise I didn't do it. Please, you have to believe me."

"Ahh, that's right. It is your birthday." He paused and leaned forward toward the desk, placing his elbows on the top and glancing at the students behind me. Then, he lowered his voice. "Then there is something you can do."

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• Publication Date: April 10, 2023
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• Print Length: 368 Pages
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