Chapter 598

Back in the day, only that dim-witted little fatty from the Castro family had been foolish enough to pick a fight with Lucian. Most of the other kids had been warned by their parents about who to cozy up to at school. So Jake from the Harper family, Lucian from the Stone family, and Joshua from the Castro family were all prime targets for eager-to-please classmates. The Morris family, on the other hand, was a step below. That’s why everyone assumed Shawn’s close friendship with Lucian was just another case of brown-nosing—another kid following his parents’ instructions to suck up to the right people. Now that Shawn had fallen out of favor, the schadenfreude was palpable. Shawn stayed silent in the face of the taunts. He shot the boy a few dark, wordless glances before trying to sidestep him and keep walking. But the boy blocked his path again. “What?” the boy sneered. “Did I hit a nerve?” Shawn pressed his lips together, refusing to answer, but his glare burned with quiet fury. Watchin