CHAPTER 26: WAR IN POLISHED SHOES
POV: Ayoola Davis --- Monday arrived in the usual way — too bright, too loud. I walked through the gates with Esther, both of us sipping from the same bottle of Milo, passing it back and forth like we were five again. We didn’t talk about the vice-president offer. Not yet. But it lived in my thoughts. It pulsed behind every bell. When I walked into school that day, something in the air felt different — tighter. As if the walls were already preparing for battle. I found out why during assembly. The vice principal stood on stage, mic in hand, and announced the official candidates for the upcoming Student Government Election. I wasn’t surprised to hear Nate’s name. But I wasn’t prepared for the second one. “—And running against him, for the position of student body president, is Ch
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