Chapter 55

Percy refused to take the paper, yet he wouldn't explain why. Instead, he teased Stacy. "I don't want it. I'll just wing it when I get up there." Stacy nearly lost it. "You already got a demerit! You think you can just wing it again? Take it and read through it now! You can't mess up like last time. If you sound insincere, Jonah is going to come after you, and I won't be able to help you!" The Finch family could never win against the Quinn family. Percy grinned, looking every bit the troublemaker he was. "It's fine. Worst case, I get expelled. Saves me the trouble of going to school." Stacy looked like she was about to cry. If she could go up there and read the apology letter for him, she would've rushed toward the stage already. Just then, Mike called out from the side of the field, "Percy, Scarlett, come to the front." Usually, only the shortest students stood in front. Besides that, it was only those who were about to be praised, or, more often, criticized. Neither Scarlett