When Mom's Fairness Became Fatal
Language: en
To be fair, Mom forced me—someone with a heart condition—to participate in the fitness test. At five hundred meters, my heart started hurting. I reached for my medication. The moment I pulled it out, Victoria Hayes, the class president, snatched it away and threw it aside. "Only five hundred meters and you're already faking it? Just because your mom is the assistant principal doesn't mean you can slack off." She glanced toward Mom in the distance and said ingratiatingly, "Ms. Carter, Aria is trying to give up again. Don't worry, I'll make sure to encourage her to keep going." Mom…