Love in the Shadows.

t home. Without money, I couldn't even afford meals. Besides, I had a stepmother at home, and

ass, while I was barely over five feet. There was no way I could physically defend the little money in m

ence of the teacher and classmates, walked over to him while he was asleep at his desk, and tapped him awake.

reality, I was so nervous that I was trembling, unable to stand ste

wasn't scared at all and even pushed his neck forward, makin

to my seat, but even the teacher didn't da

e teacher couldn't bear it any longer and approached him, saying in a negotiating tone

parents are divorced too, and life's

red a curse under his breath, and said, "This is the first time I've e

impression of him.

That day, I was falsely accused o

I admired it for a moment, but I didn't touch it, as it wasn't mine. Unexpectedly, n

found it in my backpack. Everyone point

en it, but no one listened, an

I kept explaining that I hadn't stolen it, but I didn't realize wh

o my deskmate's desk, grabbed my backpack, and took my hand, le

is face was only a fist's distance from mine, and my heart

hand, and annoyingly, he even wiped my t

h and said, "If you didn't ste

ore ridiculously, he followed me home on the weekend and threatened m