CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
NADIA
They are like thunderstorms; everyone is afraid of them!
I got up, gathered my nerves, and headed straight down to the college president's office. My heart pounded as I walked through the familiar halls, but this time felt different. I needed answers. I wanted to know why I had been excluded from the list of students to be recognized and awarded, even when I had been voted the MVP of the basketball competition. It didn’t make sense. How could they ignore me like that?
As I walked, I could still hear the whispers of mockery and laughter thrown my way. It was like my footsteps echoed with their derision. “She deserves even more disgrace,” one girl snickered, as her friends snorted in agreement. I kept my head high and my face neutral, pretending that their words
