Aleysia heard all the commotion around her and felt her heart pounding; she could hear all the voices talking and screaming at once in front of her, making her ears ring.
Whitney told her that in front of her are now people kneeling, their foreheads lowered to the ground in a show of humility, and the sight of so many familiar faces—those who had formerly tortured her in high school—now frigthened in front of her.
Every one of her bullies was joined by a parent, whose presence accentuated the weight of the occasion as they asked her to apologize for their previous crimes when they were in high school.
Aleysia might not have seen them, but she recognizes their voices, and Whitney still remembers each of the people who bullied Aleysia and their rich parents, who make Aleysia's life like living hell.
