ASHER
I was late to the assembly because every cell in my body refused to cooperate with me because after everything that happened over the weekend, the videos, the messages, the entire Academy watching my humiliation on repeat, the isolation and even those I thought would be by me, even with Reed's threat were gone and I was all alone to face my cross.
I'd considered skipping altogether but missing a mandatory Dean's assembly would only give Reed more upper hand over me and a punishment from the Dean and which Reed won't hesitate to be in charge of.
So I slipped into the back of the auditorium, keeping my head down, praying no one would notice me, and I was wrong, they all noticed the moment I walked in.
Whispers erupted the moment I walked through the door, heads turned, and phones lifted up to take pictures or videos of me.
