Chapter 42 I’ll Beat You to Death, You Little Brat

• The slap hit so hard that Nova Simpson’s hair flew wild, and one ear buzzed like a hive.
• Nova was stunned dumb. She stammered, “I…I wasn’t cursing you. I was cursing Leon White, that useless loser. I came to apologize to you. How could I dare curse you?”
• Nova was the worst kind of bully—only tough at home, a mean mouth with no spine. She strutted in front of Leon White, but the moment she faced anyone else, all that swagger vanished.