Mediation fell apart.
After giving their statements, the fifty-odd classmates were placed together in the same holding room.
The enormous bill pressed down on them like a mountain. Whatever was left of their so-called classmate loyalty was crushed in an instant, and every mask finally came off.
"Sterling, you bastard. This is all your fault."
"Didn't you say it was thirty dollars for all-you-can-eat? Now each of us has to cough up more than sixty thousand dollars. That's more than I make in a year."
"My kid's tuition for next semester isn't even paid yet. What am I supposed to pay with? I'll kill you for this."
Sterling was cornered by several furious male classmates. They punched and kicked him until he could only curl up with his arms over his head.
Even then, he kept running his
