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In the first semester of the third year of junior high school,a transfer student named Alex joined our class.
His arrival became my nightmare.
He was a complete hooligan,getting into fights and causing serious trouble,and was expelled from his original school.
His parents used their connections to transfer him to our school and into our class.
What's worse,we were also classmates learning the piano at the same music store.
After primary school,I chose a school where there were no acquaintances,hoping to live a quiet life under a false name.
"Amanda,I didn't expect to meet you here.I haven't heard from you since primary school.I thought you had gone to another place,but you've been hiding here."
Alex's words brought back my painful memories.I trembled and stared at him fiercely."What do you want?"
"What do I want?Of course,I want to expose your dirty little secret."Alex taunts.
That bastard Ella had completely turned me into a different person.
I didn't make friends.I cut off all contact with my former classmates.
I didn't get close to anyone.I was on guard against everyone who wanted to approach me.
I walked through the crowd,always alone.
There was always a cold expression on my face.In the eyes of my classmates,I was a strange person,an enigma that couldn't be understood.One day,as usual,I went to school.As soon as I entered the classroom,I noticed that my classmates were whispering to each other.With a sense of unease,I walked towards my seat,and I could feel that the entire class's eyes were fixed on me.
"Look at her,pretending to be so aloof.What kind of person is she really?"
"She looks so innocent on the surface,but who knows how many people she's been with."
A few girls who had disliked me before sneered.I looked at Alex,who was grinning triumphantly.
I couldn't wait to tear this scoundrel apart.Ella was the perpetrator,but you people who pour salt on other people's wounds are just as guilty.
I was so angry that my eyes turned red,and tears were about to well up.Just then,the head teacher came into the classroom,and I managed to hold back my tears.Alex,you son of a bitch,I will never forgive you.
A few days later,"Amanda,come to my office,"the head teacher called out to me.
I walked silently through the corridor,feeling the burning stares of my classmates on me.The head teacher handed me his phone.One glance at the screen,and I almost fainted.
It was the news report about my sexual assault when I was nine years old.
I had no idea where this scoundrel Alex had dug up this old story.
I couldn't hold back my tears any longer.I had never liked being the center of attention,but now,I had become the talk of the school,and everyone felt entitled to judge me.
What was the fault of that defenseless nine-year-old girl back then?Why wasn't the criminal punished as he deserved,but instead,the victim had to endure the torment day after day?
Now I was fifteen years old,no longer that weak and vulnerable girl.
If no one was going to be my shield,then I would defend myself and be my own armor.
Alex,you son of a bitch,I'm going to make you get out of this school.
In the class group and the alumni group,the sender of that article was Alex.He was the primary culprit for spreading someone else's privacy.I took screenshots as evidence.
Then,several righteous classmates stood by my side and were willing to testify about how Alex had slandered me and how he had colluded with other classmates to isolate me.
I reported the case to the police and accused Alex of leaking other people's privacy and committing school bullying.
When Alex was taken away by the police,those who had laughed at me fell silent.Alex's parents came to me and pleaded for mercy,but I ignored them.
Such a scumbag deserved to be punished by fate.
Alex was expelled from school again,and this humiliation ended with his complete defeat.
