God of Pain novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Assembly
The whole school sat in the auditorium by ten o'clock.
Four hundred students filled the seats under a brass plaque the size of a door.
It read: The Dellarocca Athletic Center, a gift to Hartwell Preparatory Academy.
I had walked under it every morning for four years and never once read it.
Cormac stood at the back wall, beside the exit, with his gym bag over one shoulder.
He had asked me not to sit with him.
I sat in the front row of the senior section anyway, hands flat on my knees.
Nellie gripped my arm so hard it hurt.
The headmaster stepped up to the lectern in a grey suit.
"Good morning," he said. "Before we begin, I have an unpleasant duty."
Every head turned to the back wall.
"This morning I received evidence that a senior has been involved in illegal gambling.
"He has also behaved on school grounds in a way that falls far short of our standards.
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