CHAPTER 27: THE DEAL WITHIN THE CROWN
POV: Ayoola Davis --- I said yes on a Wednesday afternoon. Not because I forgave him. Not because I believed him. But because I was tired of being a whisper in a school built on performances. And because I wanted to lead. “You’ll be vice?” Nate had asked, voice low but urgent, as we stood behind the sports shed after practice. I didn’t nod. I didn’t smile. I just said, “I’ll do it.” He grinned like he’d won something big. And maybe he had. --- But I had won something too. The next day during morning assembly, the list of campaign pairs was updated and projected on the screen behind the podium. > PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: NATHANIEL ADEKOYA VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: AYOOLA DAVIS You could hear the ripple move through the hall. The shock. The whispers. The half-scoffs.
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