Chapter 18 The Race and the Trap
“Line up. Roll <b>call</b><b>.</b>”
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The PE teacher, a man in his thirties, didn’t even lift his head as he called names off the list.
“Sir, Eliza’s not here yet.” Henry said.
The teacher frowned<b>. </b>
He had no patience for students who showed upte.
“Sir.”
erang out from not far away.
Eliza’s voice <b>rang </b>
The teacher turned his head briefly to nce at her, then <b>said</b><b>, </b>“Get in line.”
“Yes, sir.”
Eliza returned to the group.
Henry gave her a pat on the shoulder. “What happened? Why sote?”
“I had to use the restroom.”
Across the field, ss One’s group began walking over as well.
Today’s test was
test was held jointly for ss One and ss Six, and Zayden led his group <b>as </b>usual.
But Naomi was nowhere to be seen.
“Where’s Naomi?”
The teacher had already called her name, but she hadn’t responded.
No one in the ss had any idea where she was
It was <b>a </b>test day–how could <b>she </b>just skip it?
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The teacher took <b>a </b>slow, deep breath. “If any of you think your family’s money gives you a free pass to skip exams, then don’t bother showing up for ss at all.”
<b>Naomi </b>usually got a pass on running, but <b>today </b>was a physical test. And she hadn’t even bothered toe.
Without another word, he crossed <b>a </b>zero next to Naomi’s name.
Zayden looked like he <b>was </b>about to speak up for her.
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even he knew Naomi had been too ck during PE. The words never left his mouth.
“Sir, my sister isn’t someone who shirks responsibility. Let me go find her,” Eliza offered, stepping forward.
Zayden was caught off guard.
After what Naomi had pulled today, Eliza was still standing up for her!
“No need. If she doesn’t take <b>the </b>test seriously, no one else is going to take it for her.”
The PE teacher couldn’t stand students who acted fragile and dismissed physical education just because their <b>grades </b>were <b>good</b><b>. </b>Did they really think good grades alone were enough to graduate?
Fail the physical exam, and you’re <b>not </b><b>graduating </b>either.
Seeing the <b>teacher’s </b>firm attitude, Eliza didn’t <b>say </b><b>another </b>word.
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Chapter 18 The Race and the Trap
Nearby, Nn nced at her from the corner of his eye.
Lying <b>again</b>.
“Eliza<b>, </b>Pam, Irene, Scarlett–step <b>out</b>.”
Today’s test was an 800<b>–</b>meter run and sit–ups.
Since Eliza <b>was </b>the only girl in ss Six, she’d been grouped with ss One’s girls.
Pam and Irene were still bitter about what had happened earlier.
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Now that they were paired with Eliza, they exchanged a look–clearly nning to make trouble for her during the race.
your marks<b>! </b>Go!
With the teacher’s shout, all four girls started running in separatenes.
“Go, Eliza! You’ve got this!” Henry cheered loudly from the sidelines,pletely ignoring the looks he <b>got </b>from others.
Especially Zayden
Zayden’s eyes flicked to Henry, his brow furrowing.
It had only been a day, and Eliza was already this close with someone from ss Six!
Eliza was fast by nature. She started steady but quickly closed the distance with Pam and Irene.
As soon as they saw her catching up, Pam <b>and </b>Irene began drifting into herne.
From the opposite side of the field, it wasn’t easy for others to see exactly what was happening.
*Eliza! Go to hell!”
Both girls reached their legs out at the same time, trying to trip her.
Nn saw iL
He <b>stood </b>up abruptly, causing Henry to look over. “Nn? What is it?”
“Ahhh!”
Two girls screamed from the opposite track.
The teacher blew his whistle and ran over.
Eliza stopped in herne, looking down at the two girls who had fallen.
“What happened?”
The teacher <b>rushed </b>over to <b>find </b>both <b>Pam </b><b>and </b>Irene with scraped knees.
“Sir! Eliza tripped us!” Pam and Irene immediately used her.
The teacher turned to Eliza.
Eliza looked genuinely innocent. “Sir, I was running just fine. They suddenly <b>swerved </b>into myne. I didn’t mean <b>for </b>anything to happen..”
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?ir, I saw it <b>with </b>my own eyes! Those two stepped into Eliza’sne first. Who <b>was </b>trying to trip who isn’t so clear,” Henry sa <b>sharply</b><b>, </b>standing beside Eliza and ring at the girls on the ground.
Pam and Irene turned pale under his gaze,
Who would’ve thought that after just one day in ss Six, Eliza already had someone <b>backing </b>her?
Chapter 18 The Race and the Trap
“You’ll both retake the test. If it happens again–zero, no exceptions.”
The teacher stood up straight.
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Normally he wouldn’t get involved in petty girl drama, but anything that interfered with an exam was serious business.
Seeing the teacher’s <b>anger</b>, Pam and Irene <b>had </b><b>no </b>choice but to get up and re viciously at Eliza.
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