The Ledger of Truth
Language: en
One of our classmates, a scholarship kid from a rough neighborhood, was diagnosed with a massive tumor. The class treasurer, Heather Hudson, took it upon herself to lead the fundraising charge. She immediately publicly demanded that I hand over the entire class treasury to help cover his medical bills. I completely ignored her histrionics. I just gave her a cold look and said, "It’s gone. There’s no money." Heather dropped her jaw, looking horrified. "We all pitched in fifty bucks each at the start of the semester! That’s fifteen grand total! How is it even possible that it's all gone…