Chapter 302

• The old lady smiled. “I didn’t mean it like that. I wasn’t trying to shut you up. I honestly feel I owe you. Robert Taylor’s grandpa really liked you. By rights, I should’ve treated you better back then—but I didn’t. Every time I think about it now, I regret it. If I’d stood up for you even a little, maybe Robert Taylor’s mom wouldn’t have pushed you around so hard.”
• Lily Williams smiled. “It wasn’t on you. This was Robert Taylor’s problem. I got bullied because he didn’t step up. If he’d thought about me for even a second, things wouldn’t have ended like that.”
• The old lady knew Lily Williams was right.