Bad luck lives around you
Miss Walters comes back and dismisses Kaia and Bren. She tells Kaia that she’d be called to the principal’s office later in the day. “Let’s go,” Bren says and slips his hands into Kaia’s. “Thanks, Bren,” Kaia says when they’re in the hallway. “I’m sorry. I should have told you earlier that—” Bren pauses when he notices that Kaia isn’t moving anymore. “Kaia, what’s wrong?” he follows her gaze to her parents. Big K and Kaia’s mother are standing at the opposite end of the hallway. Big K had received the mail from Principal Jan, Kaia knows that. But he brought . . . her mum? “Kaia,” he calls, but she’s already heading to him. “I know you didn’t do it. I know it’s a —” “What’s she doing here?” Big K heaves a
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