Chapter 8 He knows

• By Monday morning, I am still trending. It turns out a video of me getting dunked with iced coke by the Queen B herself is far more interesting than a video of Ben pecking Olivia in the middle of the cafeteria. Either way, the entire school is having a laugh at my expense and my fame doesn’t seem to be expiring soon. I don’t need the spotlight, they should be going crazy over Maria’s voice in the background of the original video. She sounded like an angel but no, those teenage devils will rather come for innocent me.
• “Sweetheart, you are going to be late,” Mum calls from somewhere downstairs.
• “I’m almost done,” I reply. I hear shuffling and her footsteps fade.